Mr. Jiggins of Jigginstown.

Longford (Christine, [Lady])

Mr. Jiggins of Jigginstown.

Description: FIRST EDITION, publisher's 'Archive Copy' stamp to title-page, a few tiny spots at foot of final text-page, pp. 288, crown 8vo, original black cloth, backstrip lettered in green, faint partial browning and a few spots to free endpapers, dustjacket in bright condition with a touch of fading to backstrip panel, this with a small chip at foot, small circled 'a' to front panel and discreet numeral at head of rear panel, both the publisher's file markings, very good

Publication Details: Victor Gollancz, 1933

Notes: A scarce work, her third novel - subsequently successfully adapted by the author for the stage. It is the tale of an eccentric Irish squire, concerning both his own fate after death - he believes he will turn into a fox - and that of his property and fortune, to the frustration of his expectant heirs.Longford, née Trew, studied Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, before moving to Ireland with her husband Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford, in the mid-1920s.