
New Edition 1929. Published one year after the 1st edition. Mystical supernatural novel/reincarnation. Peregrine Sark, village eccentric/egomaniac brings back a terracotta figure of Cybele to his English country house, and gets a little too involved in worshipping the deity. He falls in love with a young girl who moves to the village and is willing in an instant to sacrifice his wife and child for her with terrible consequences. Book is very good+ and bright. Contents quite good. Light red staining to endpaper edge. The wrapper is good++ and bright. Light rubbing to edges. Loss to spine top.