Publication details: Ernest Benn,1932,
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Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf: 'To my friends, G. & L. Clarke with affectionate wishes, from Rachel Ferguson. Christmas 1941.'A scarce book of humorous sketches, with a diverse range of targets and inspirations, which include Lewis Carroll, Arthur Conan Doyle, J.M. Barrie, George Bernard Shaw, 'Sapper', P.G. Wodehouse, Elinor Glyn, Clemence Dane, Synge, Tchekov, et al. The Spectator's review considered it 'malicious and witty', calling Ferguson 'a mistress of the horrid art of punning'.The author herself had briefly been an actress, and much of her work is set in the world of the theatre.
1932, pp. 320, crown 8vo, original black cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, a touch rubbed at extremities, top edge black, a few spots to edges and endpapers, dustjacket with an attractive pictorial design incorporating various of the targets of her 'Satires', chipped at ends of browned backstrip panel and a little chipped at extremities, very good
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