The Master of the House

Hall, Radclyffe

Signed limited edition, Jonathan Cape, London, 1932. Number 84 of 172 only copies, 167 for sale. Large 8vo, pp. [2], 490, [2]. Quarter vellum, lettered and ruled in gilt, beige cloth. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed, a number uncut at leading edge. Marbled endpapers. Soiled, boards unevenly darkened, bottom corners bumped, 4.5cm fine crack with chip to top of front joint, binding firm. Scant foxing, most obvious at front. Signed and numbered by Hall in blue ink to limitation page, else, clean. This is an extraordinary copy of Radclyffe Hall’s The Master of the House, from a limited edition published in the same year as the trade edition, in 1932. It’s one of 172 copies signed by the author. Considered by many to be Hall's biggest literary achievement.