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1619 · 34831 — New York: George H. Duran Company 1916 1919. Together two volumes. First American editions INSCRIBED IN EACH VOLUME BY HUGH WALPOLE dated October 9 1919. 8vo very handsomely bound in fine contemporary three-quarter dark brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards the joins and corner pieces gilt ruled the spines with gilt ruled raised bands gilt framed and tooled compartments two compartments lettered in gilt marbled endpapers t.e.g. 320 386 pp. A fine set internally very fresh and clean appearing to be unread the bindings strong and firm and very attractive the spines mellowed to a uniform and appealing dark brown. A HANDSOMELY BOUND SET EACH VOLUME INSCRIBED BY HUGH WALPOLE. THE DARK FOREST is Walpole's WWI story of John Durward an Englishman serving with a Russian Red Cross unit on the Polish Front. It is considered a prototype of the modern psychological thriller genre. THE SECRET CITY continues the story of John Durward now in in Petrograd St. Petersburg during the Russian Revolution. It explores themes of love identity and cultural clashes amidst the backdrop of war and revolution. George H. Duran Company hardcover