London: Dent. 1937. 8vo. First edition. Publishers black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the alluring dust jacket signed indistinctly. The publishers retained copy withfile copystamp beneath front flap, hole-punchedfile copyat half-title, title page and second title, else a very good or better copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and gently rolled, with faint vertical crease to backstrip. The contents clean and fine throughout barring a file referenceJ-2in ink to front endpaper. The dust jacket unclipped (7s 6d net) and complete, gently nicked along the spine tips and corners, two discreet tape repairs to the verso. Some light rubbing, but a striking volume. The authors second novel,a long novel re-creating with minute fidelitythe dangerous opium trade of the early part of the nineteenth century. Wright was an American author with no first-hand knowledge of the trade or the Canton setting, but contemporary reviews acclaim her attention to detai