CHILDREN IN UNIFORM. A Play In Three Acts.

First English edition, first printing. Hardcover issue. The publisher's retained copy. Original black cloth with black titles on a red paper label to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents with very light spotting to the text block edges and the publisher's "Archive Copy" stamp to the front pastedown are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the original dustwrapper which is very lightly rubbed and nicked, slightly toned to the spine and with a pencilled mark to the front panel and a "32" to the rear panel. Also present is the red wraparound band which has a few short closed tears and tiny chips to the edges. Not price-clipped.

Issued simultaneously in hardcover and paperback. An English translation of Christa Winsloe's play Gestern und Heute which was turned into the film Mädchen in Uniform in 1931 which became a cult hit. The play was influenced by Winsloe's own experiences as a young lesbian at Kaiserin-Augusta-Stift, an extremely strict boarding school for aristocratic girls. After the play and film's success Winsloe broke away from the expectations of her class and family and worked as a sculptor of animals. She had relationships with the American journalist Dorothy Thompson and the Swiss author Simone Gentet. Winsloe and Gentet were killed in France in 1944 after being mistaken for Nazi spies. Provenance: From the archive of the publisher Victor Gollancz.