A GAY ADVENTURER Being The Biography Of Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart, Known As "The Scarlet Pimpernel"

First edition, first printing of the fictional biography of The Scarlet Pimpernel, written under the pseudonym John Blakeney either by Baroness Orczy herself (who provides a forward taking the whole enterprise seriously) or by her son. Scarce in d/j, this copy is in good internal order, with spotting to the block edge only occasionally intruding onto pages. No inscriptions. Plum cloth a little marked and worn with light fading to edges and spine. VG unclipped d/j, a little worn to edges and toned to spine, now in removable protective sleeve. Publisher's Spring 1935 catalogue to rear. 12mo. 286pp