1st Edition 1923. A novel about a Parisian sculptor and his life over a year. Very rare with its wrapper. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Romer Wilson 1891-1930 was a British writer who wrote about 13 novels during the inter-war period. In 1921, she won the Hawthornden Prize. Her novels contained a philosophical trend that spoke to some of the major concerns of the time, but also future generations. Among the subjects in her books topics included the First World War and its devastating effects on the civilization and personal relationships, the demise of a predominantly rural world, the harmful consequences for agriculture and human life through the introduction of machinery and the replacement of manual work through automation. The book is very good and bright. Boards a little uneven in colour. Contents good. Large pen mark to endapper. The wrapper is very good and bright. Light age toning and marking. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked