Laura Riding — A Trojan Ending

London, The Seizin Press - Deya Majorca and Constable & Company, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A smart example of the first UK edition of Laura Riding's celebrated novelistic retelling of the final years of the Trojan war. The first UK edition, first impression, in the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.American writer and poet Laura Riding offers a retelling of the Trojan war, from the perspective of the Greeks and of the Trojans.A contemporary review in the Kirkus Review said of this work 'lacks the gossipy quality that made the Graves' books such fun, but skilfully brushes the dust off faded glories and presents scholarly research deftly, with only occasional spots that seem heavy going for summer reading. The last years of the Trojan War, interweaving of history, legend and myth, lovingly presented&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with a touch of fading to front board tail. Dust wrapper back strip and rear wrap a touch age toned, with significant handling marks to rear wrap. Minor chips to dust wrapper back strip tail, with loss and more significant chipping to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.