Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, Third Impression 1954. Previous owner's name/date in pen at top of front endpaper, foxing throughout, dirty patina on dustjacket spine, chipping and wear at dustjacket spine extremities, and minor wear to dustjacket edges.

'Katherine Mansfield has been the subject of many books and numerous articles. This is the first biography which can claim to be in any way complete. Much of what had been hitherto unknown, or concealed, is here disclosed to the public. The author has had special facilities for his searches which were begun because he, a New Zealander himself, felt that he had a special mission to write the life of a New Zealander who became world-famous as a literary artist. Katherine Mansfield is now revealed as perhaps a different character from the one popularly accepted- a much more complex character, who suffered and endured much, and to whom much should be forgiven because of the considerable streak of genius with which she had been endowed'