Books

FIRST EDITION, light spotting to opening leaves, recurrent to ads at rear, pp. [vi], 323, [6, list], crown 8vo, original blue cloth, lettered and bordered in orange to upper board and backstrip, the latter with some slight wear at tips, lean to spine, rubbing at extremities, dink to top edge of lower board, light spotting to edges and rear free endpaper, the flyleaf with faintly visible erased contemporary ownership inscription, good. Scarce. The second of her three novels, and the only one with a contemporary setting; it is, as the publisher describes it, 'a study of the literary temperament', in which the protagonist attempts to reconfigure her family experiences into art. The printed dedication is to Jane Ellen Harrison.

'The Counterplot' is a novel by Hope Mirrlees, published in 1924, which explores themes of self-discovery and the impact of literature on life.