Author: A. E. Ellis
Title: The Rack
Description: London, Heinemann, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of the impactful and sole novel by A. E. Ellis, which has won praise for its intense yet highly important story, heavily inspired by the author's own life. The first edition, first impression of this work.Included with the original unclipped dust wrapper, as well as the very scarce wrap-around cover art.A. E. Ellis was the pseudonym of playwright Derek Lindsay and 'The Rack' was his only novel. This story, focused on the protagonist Paul entering a sanatorium in the French Alps, gained critical acclaim for its intense detail of the methods used in the protagonist's tuberculosis treatment.The work is deemed as incredibly important, as it describes treatments that were shortly banned after the author's own time at a sanatorium after he served in World War II. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper with an additional wrap-around cover art. Externally excellent with minor rubbing to the top edge of rear board. Inner dust wrapper has light edge wear to extremities and faint spotting to spinal panel. Outer dust wrapper art has small chip to the head of spinal panel and light edge wear to the extremities. There is a spotted stain to the inside of wrap which is slightly visible to the external spinal panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are clean and bright. Contemporary ink inscription by owner to front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Keywords: Modern Fiction French Alps Tragedy Romance French Alps None


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