Martin J. Pritchard [Mrs. Augusta Moore] — Without Sin: A Novel

Chicago, Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this insightful novel from Martin J. Pritchard, the pen name of Mrs. Augusta Moore. First US edition. A charming novel which begins watching a young girl as she visits a small painting of the Madonna in a London gallery to say goodbye before leaving for day-school. Written by Mrs. Augusta Moore, Lady Monckton, a popular English novelist who wrote under the pseudonym of Martin J. Pritchard. She was also the sister of Lionel John Alexander Monckton, a popular English composer of musical theatre and Edwardian musical comedy. In the original full blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Hinges starting but firm with a small closed tear to the front endpaper at the join. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .