{"product_id":"behind-the-mirror-robin-maugham-1st-edition","title":"Behind the Mirror, Robin Maugham — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1955\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8vo, pp. 185.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The original blue cloth binding remains firm, square, and tight, with sharp corners and only the slightest hint of rubbing to the spine ends. The gilt lettering to the spine remains exceptionally bright and unoxidised. Internally, the text block is clean and squarely bound, showing uniform, light age-toning to the page margins and minor scattered foxing confined primarily to the preliminary leaves and fore-edges. The original dust jacket remains unclipped with the original \"10\/6 NET\" price intact on the front flap. The wrapper exhibits vibrant, unfaded colours on the front panel, with some minor edge-wear, a few short closed tears, and light chipping to the spine head. The rear panel and internal flaps show moderate age-toning and occasional spotting, but the jacket presents highly attractively overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e This is a true first edition, first printing of Robin Maugham's psychological thriller. The volume is notably enhanced by its original striking dust jacket, designed by the celebrated Neo-Romantic artist John Minton, which perfectly captures the sultry, colonial atmosphere of the novel's East African setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front free endpaper bears a neat, contemporary presentation inscription in ink: \"Jacqueline Llewellyn \/ from Loochia \/ Xmas 1955\", firmly establishing the book's provenance within its year of publication. Copies of the first printing that retain Minton's dust jacket in such bright, unclipped condition are becoming increasingly uncommon on the open market, particularly without the heavy fading or significant loss that often afflicts this delicate mid-century wrapper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a film studio sets out to produce a movie about the famous 1920s actress Daphne Moore, they are stalled by the need for legal clearance from Norman Hartleigh, a former diplomat and Moore's former lover, who has long since exiled himself to Tanganyika. Dispatched to East Africa to secure Hartleigh's signature, scriptwriter David Brent finds a reclusive, uncooperative man. As Brent digs deeper into Hartleigh’s past to understand his refusal, he unravels the scandalous truth behind the diplomat’s sudden 1928 resignation from the Foreign Office, his relationship with his young companion Bill Wayne, and the dark secrets that lie 'behind the mirror'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54508131942739,"sku":"4960","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260730_235913.jpg?v=1786019618","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/behind-the-mirror-robin-maugham-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}