Navy cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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For conditions, please view the photographs.A smart copy of this popular war-set adventure novel by A. E. W. Mason. First published in 1902, ‘Four Feathers’ is a popular adventure novel, set against the backdrop of the Mahdist War.This novel has been adapted to screen numerous times. This copy promotes the 1939 film, directed by Zoltan Korda. The film was most recently adapted in 2002, starring Heath Ledger.By A. E. W. Mason. Externally, smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. 

The Four Feathers is a 1902 adventure novel by British writer A. E. W. Mason has inspired many films of the same title. In December 1901, Cornhill Magazine announced the title as one of two new serial stories to be published in the forthcoming year. Against the background of the Mahdist War, young Feversham disgraces himself by quitting his regiment; others condemn his cowardice, symbolized by the four white feathers they give him. He belatedly redeems himself with acts of courage and wins back the heart of the woman he loves.

Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 – 22 November 1948) was an English author and Liberal Party Member of Parliament. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, The Four Feathers, and is also known as the creator of Inspector Hanaud, a French detective who was an early template for Agatha Christie’s famous Hercule Poirot. His prolific output in short stories and novels were frequently made and remade into films during his lifetime; though many of the silent versions have been lost or forgotten, the productions of Fire Over England (1937) and The Four Feathers (1939) remain enduring classics of British cinema.