{"product_id":"love-one-another-seven-tales-edgell-rickword-1st-edition","title":"Love One Another: Seven Tales, Edgell Rickword — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: London, The Mandrake Press, 1929\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Small 8vo, pp. 134.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e: Very Good. The quarter black cloth binding remains tight and square, exhibiting only minor shelf-wear at the spine head and tail. The printed paper spine label is fully intact with all text legible, showing slight age-toning and faint rubbing to its top edge. The distinctive faux-snakeskin patterned paper boards present handsomely, though they bear a small chip to the paper at the upper front hinge and mild rubbing along the extremities and corners. Internally, the text block is sound; the pages remain crisp with typical, even age-toning to the edges and a minor, localised spot of foxing to the upper margin of the title page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: First edition, first printing. Issued as part of the short-lived but highly regarded 'Mandrake Booklets' series by The Mandrake Press, founded by Edward Goldston and P.R. Stephensen. Bound in the publisher's striking quarter black cloth over faux-reptilian patterned paper boards, this volume represents a distinctive piece of interwar modernist publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eGiven the press's brief two-year operation between 1929 and 1930, surviving volumes from this early series—especially those retaining their original, un-restored bindings in such sound condition—are increasingly uncommon on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eIn \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"10\"\u003eLove One Another: Seven Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed poet and critic Edgell Rickword presents a sharp, unsentimental, and frequently dark exploration of human relationships. Subverting the conventional romance implied by its title, this provocative collection of short stories reflects Rickword's deep modernist sensibilities, employing precise, incisive prose to dissect the psychological complexities, disillusionment, and quiet tragedies of love during the interwar period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54363088879955,"sku":"4686","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260717_184607.jpg?v=1784621941","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/love-one-another-seven-tales-edgell-rickword-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}