Above and Below por Dorthy, R.D - 1930

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1930 Hard cover, 8vo, in green cloth, with titles blocked to spine in gold, in an original price-clipped pictorial dust jacket, 268pp, first edition, printed in Great Britain. ** CONDITION: Very Good, in a Good dust jacket, with some losses, rubbing to edges, some repaired closed tears, now in mylar. Spine of d/j is darkened. This "modern" novel explores of the lives of several characters, where the reader is given a glimpse into the minds of everyday Londoners. As the blub puts it: "Above and Below is a novel of mental and spiritual relations and conflicts, rather than that of physical action, although the reader is brought up with a start by the final climactic drama". ** English AUTHOR R.D. Dorothy was a pseudonym for married couple Dorothy Charques (1899-1976) and Richard Dennis Charques (1899-1959). Dorothy was a novelist, researcher, and lecturer, whose papers are in the collection of the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin. Her husband Richard was an author, journalist, and researcher, who published works on Russian history. CJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.