London, Laidlaw & Butchart, 1939. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A fine copy, in the jacket. The Jester's Reign was Grainger's second novel, her first being The Hussy. The story is a fantasy wherein a strange laughing sound is hear simultaneously around the world. The jacket's in nice condition with a little lightening to the spine and some rolling to the edges, a little bumping to the spine tips. A nice copy. [11145, Hyraxia Books].