BROMFIELD, Louis

The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1928. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in orange on spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; [xiv],314,[8]pp. Light wear to spine ends, topstain dulled, with some faint foxing to right edge of textblock, and a tiny inked number at upper left corner of front pastedown; Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny tears; Very Good+.

Fifth novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Early Autumn. "Religious fantasy set in Italy; the writer of a book debunking miracles investigates the case of Annie Spragg, daughter of a self-proclaimed prophet. He concludes that despite her stigmata she was no saint - but was she a witch? A subtle championship of pagan rebellion against oppressive Christian moralism" (Barron, Fantasy Literature: A Reader's Guide 3-50).

Price: $50.00

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