Already present in that first attempt were many of the hallmarks of her subsequent writing. Its immediate success, however-snapped up at once by the prestigious British publishers Faber and Faber, and well reviewed on publication-caused her to try her hand again at the detective story, putting even more of the novels concern with the workings of the human mind, and indeed of the soul, into its pages. "Cover Her Face was, James has said, written simply to try out her powers in fiction as a preliminary to attempting the novel proper. A superior example with a nice inscription from the author. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. And when that happened the right words would be found.” The inscription is the final lines of this novel. James He knew with a sudden and heart-lifting certainty that they would meet again. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with the added words, “P.D. First edition of the author’s first book.
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