Behind a mask: the unknown thrillers of Louisa May Alcott by ALCOTT, Louisa May - 1976

W. H. Allen, London, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. introduction by editor and letters to Louisa May Alcott from the publisher. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, of Louisa May Alcott. Red speckled cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black and red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white illustration of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. Louisa May Alcott was renowned for her children's classics. "Little Women" series of books. What wasn't known, was, under the name of A. M. Barnard, she produced a series of "blood and thunder" short stories. For, as the front fold over panel blurb states, "... These stories were written because Louisa May Alcott needed money, because she was angry at the plight of women in a man's world, because she had a longing for the dramatic and know either way to vent it." Softening to the… Read More