The Tragedy of an Indiscretion by Innes, J.W. Brodie - 1916

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. An exceedingly scarce, first edition of this entertaining detective novel centred on the fall-out from an "indiscretion", written by John William Brodie-Innes. First edition. Very scarce. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Written by British author and lawyer, John William Brodie-Innes, who was a leading member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a secret society devoted to the study of the occult and metaphysics. 'The Tragedy of Indiscretion' is the remarkable tale of Ronny Warrington who performs a small "indiscretion" of surreptitiously whisking away the married Mrs Greville for a romantic weekend, leading to a series of mishaps and coincidences when she unexpectedly dies.With a newspaper clipping containing a review of the novel, loosely inserted. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, very good, with light bumping to the extremities and the odd mark to… Read More