The Little Locksmith.

HATHAWAY, Katharine Butler (1890-1942).

London: Faber and Faber, 1944. [Memoir] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.167 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pink typographic dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. Times Book Club stamp to rear pastedown. Light toning and marking to jacket, with minimal wear to edges. A lovely crisp, clean copy. Near fine. The unique memoirs of a woman who lived out her childhood strapped to a wooden board, having been diagnosed with Spinal Tuberculosis at the age of five. First published in the US the year after her death in 1943. Item #60965

Price: £48.00