The Silken Ladder.

(Schiff.) CURTIS (Jean-Louis)

The Silken Ladder.

Translated from the French by Violet Schiff & Edward Beddington Behrens.

Description: FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, a couple of spots at head of prelims, pp. 168, crown 8vo, original blue boards, backstrip lettered in silver, dustjacket a little nicked with gentle fading to backstrip panel and a few faint spots, edges and front endpapers a little spotted, good

Publication Details: Secker & Warburg, 1957

Notes: Inscribed by the translator on the flyleaf, 'With much love to Marjorie from Violet, July 1957' - the recipient was Marjorie Wells, daughter-in law and secretary to H.G. Wells; the inscription speaks partly of the association between the Schiff and Wells families, but probably rests more on their common friendship with S.S. Koteliansky, whom Marjorie had cared for during the period of illness leading up to his death in 1955.Née Beddington, Violet Schiff was the sister of Ada Leverson (Wilde's 'Sphinx'); her husband, Sydney Schiff, was the novelist Stephen Hudson and an important modernist pa...moreInscribed by the translator on the flyleaf, 'With much love to Marjorie from Violet, July 1957' - the recipient was Marjorie Wells, daughter-in law and secretary to H.G. Wells; the inscription speaks partly of the association between the Schiff and Wells families, but probably rests more on their common friendship with S.S. Koteliansky, whom Marjorie had cared for during the period of illness leading up to his death in 1955.Née Beddington, Violet Schiff was the sister of Ada Leverson (Wilde's 'Sphinx'); her husband, Sydney Schiff, was the novelist Stephen Hudson and an important modernist patron. HIDE

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Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1957

Stock Number: 60690

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