London, Macmillan, 1913. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. The inscription seems to read 'To Marie Lowndes / M.H.' The 'M' could be an 'N', so it's quite unclear, and without comparison we can't guarantee this is signed by the author, but on balance it probably is. Marie Belloc Lowndes was a prolific writer, best known (by me at least) for The Lodger which was the basis for Hitchcock's first proper film. The Lore of Proserpine is an autobiographical fiction with accounts of fairies, nymphs and other folklore beasties that are meant to be cute and magical but in reality would be awesome in their sheer terror-inducing capabilities. So I guess autobiographical in the loosest sense. The jacket is worn to the corners and chipped to the spine tips, but it's rare to find. A couple of short tears and a small hole. A little foxing. Spine tips bumped, some offsetting. [11922, Hyraxia Books].

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