THE MESSENGER OF THE GODS
By Phyllis Bottome New York: George H. Doran Company, (1927). First American edition, first printing. Publisher's seal to the copyright page. Imogene, a young lady coming from a very poor background, finds and shuns society circles, gains employment, and insists on having a rented room of her own, away from her employers, in order to seek individualism and freedom. Phyllis Bottome, an active anti-fascist, while living in Germany wrote the novel, The Mortal Storm, which was filmed and became the first to be set in Nazi-Germany and the first to mention Hitler. The Messenger of the Gods is a scarce title. PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! |