THE LAUGHING WOMAN. A Play.

First edition, first printing. Paperback issue. The publisher's retained copy. Original paper wrappers with black titles to the spine and front panel, with an additional wraparound orange paper band with titles in black to the front panel. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the wrappers a little toned to the spine and edges and with the publisher's "File Copy" stamp to the front panel, the orange band wrapper rubbed and creased with a few short closed tears and tiny chips to the edges and fading to the spine. The contents, with very light spotting the text block edges are otherwise clean throughout. Not price clipped.

Issued simultaneously in hardcover and paperback. Gordon Daviot was the pseudonym used by the Scottish writer Elizabeth Mackintosh (1896-1955) for plays, which she wrote for stage and radio. She is best know for her crime novels, including 'The Daughter of Time' which she wrote under the pseudonym Josephine Tey. Provenance: From the archive of the publisher Victor Gollancz.