[First Edition] THE WOMAN OF KNOCKALOE CAINE

HARDCOVER. Publisher : London, Cassell and Company Ltd, (1923). FIRST EDITION, (Very Good). Publishers Black Cloth Boards, Gilt Title To Spine, 71/2" X 5" X 1", [xvi] 208pp. The Corners Are A Little Bumped, And 'Dusty' Top Edge, with 'Very Faint' previous owners name date Xmas 1923, Else The Content Is Clean & Tight. EDITORIAL NOTE (by Newman Flower) - [page vii] "For the publication of this book I am, perhaps chiefly responsible, and in that fact, I find my excuse for the following Editorial Note. Hall Caine had not intended to publish the story. He wrote it, as he explains, solely for the relief of his own feelings at thought of the present lamentable condition of the world. Accident led to my seeing the manuscript several months after it had been written, when nothing was being done with it or was likely to be done. I read it with very deep emotion and advised its publication - its immediate publication. Therefore, I accept whatever responsibility there may for the publication of this book, but the reader will see that the greater courage is that of the Author who has consented to risk temporary misrepresentation and perhaps serios personal hostility for the sake of what he believes to be the Truth and the Right" …… [page viii] … 'The Woman Of Knockaloe' is first of all a love story. In my opinion it is a charming and natural love story, beautiful in its purity, and irresistible in its human appeal ………… [continues to page xv]

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