A Modern Comedy
first edition Hardcover
1929 · London
by Galsworthy, John
London: William Heinemann, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo; full vellum, in slipcase. Limited editon copy #1012 of 1030 copies signed by the author. Galsworthy has additionally added an autograph quotation (as he has in some other copies); our quotation relates to "The English". Although nothing here explicitly indicates as much, this book from the estate of Galsworthy's friend, the publisher, Nelson Doubleday, to who he had dedicated his book "Swan Song" a year earlier. Doubleday purchased a controlling stake in the English publishing house, Heinemann, in 1921. (Inventory #: JC15208)