British author and playwright (1889–1981) best known for the 1935 story, National Velvet, which was filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor. Signed book: National Velvet. First edition. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1935. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 303 pages. Signed on the half-title page in black ink. In very good condition, with slight foxing and irregular toning to signed page, and creasing, small tears, slight soiling, and a missing upper right corner to the dust jacket.
