The Dark Glass, by March Cost [Margaret Mackie Morrison]. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. 1st Edition/2nd Printing
Content Description: A metaphysical novel set over a 24 hour period around All Souls' Day at St. Cloud, a pleasant Sussex guest house run by Miss Laura Luke. Through a metaphorical mirror or dark glass, the varied guests undergo strange experiences that blur past, present, and future, revealing hidden secrets, transcendent desires, and altered fates. Illustrated with map endpapers depicting the regional setting.
Physical Description: Octavo. Publisher's bright blue cloth, stamped in black with decorative frame borders to front board and spine. In original color-illustrated dust jacket showing a recumbent figure by a window overlooking a fountain, with descriptive blurb inside a wreath on rear panel. Map endpapers in black and white.
Condition: Book: Very Good+. Cloth binding is clean and bright with crisp black stamping. Corners sharp and spine edges square. Binding tight and solid. Text block and map endpapers clean throughout. Dust Jacket: Good. Shows light surface rubbing, short closed tears, and minor chipping along spine ends and panel corners. Colors remain vivid and broad design intact.