Elinor Glyn on Love (Readers Library, [1928])

Love – What I Think of It

Elinor Glyn
London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd, [1928]*

The Readers Library published affordable editions of popular fiction in the period 1924-35, cheaply produced but very attractive with their wrap-round dustwrapper artwork.

Elinor Glyn (1864-1943), screenwriter and author of risque romantic fiction.

This title originally published in the US as ‘The Philosophy of Love’ (The Authors’ Press, 1923), in which Glyn discusses love and attraction.

Lovely dustwrapper art by Dudley T[—–].

Hardback in dustwrapper. 249pp. Size: 6.5 x 4.25 inches approx. (170mm x 105mm).

Dustwrapper rubbed and worn, especially to spine ends, corner tips, and flap folds; small loss; dusty and marked in places, spine darkened, number in ink to foot; repaired to verso with postage stamps. Light shelf wear to covers, gilt dulled to spine. Pages age tanned throughout but otherwise appear clean; number in ink to title page verso; a few ‘loose’ pages appear to have been glued in with some resultant tightness to page gutter (later repair or original?).

Nonetheless, remaining a nicely preserved copy – attractive in its dustwrapper.

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References

*British Library

ref. An interesting look at The Readers Library can be found at A Series of Series

Elinor Glyn’s career and publishing history can be found at wikipedia and paperbackrevolution