London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. ex library-good. 490 p. 21 cm. Beige cloth hardcover. Ex library with author's name on lower spine, ink stamps on text block edges, label on front pastedown, ink stamps on title page, p. 9, and rear endpaper. Tear in top of front hinge, spine head, and some soiling to cloth. Inscribed by author on title page with notation on front free endpaper.

Radclyffe Hall's novel depicts the life of carpenter Christophe Benedit, as well as of the other inhabitants of the small French town of St-Loup-sur-Mer.

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Seller: Attic Books (CA)
Seller's Inventory #: 132112
Title: The Master of the House
Author: HALL, Radclyffe
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - ex library-good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Trade Edition
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1932
Keywords: Literature
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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