By H.G. Wells

New York, George H. Doran, 1927. First American Edition, First Issue with publisher’s device on the copyright page and stated first printing. In Fine condition with a modestly rubbed, Very Good+ clipped dustjacket.

Fiction set at an Italian Villa where a house party has its complacency shattered by a quick march of events centered around Mrs. Philip Ryland who is shrewd, intelligent, loveable and feminine.