Scent of Lilies - Hardcover

A SCENT OF LILIES (First edition in English)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Jacket design by Norman Weaver (illustrator). First Edition. First impression of the first UK edition. Translated from the French into English by Elizabeth Walter.***Near fine in duo-tone dark grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Gilt titles bright. Boards clean and unmarked. No inscriptions. Faintest and very small ink stamp to bottom of text-block. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. No foxing. Pages clean. No creases or tears. Pale grey-green front and rear endpapers and pastedowns. No reading lean. Spine tight. ***In a near fine illustrated dustwrapper. Front flap of dustwrapper with dual price has been price-clipped by the publisher, now showing decimal price of £1.40 net. Extremities of dustwrapper very slightly rubbed. No chips, creases or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***204mm x 138mm. 192 pages. ***'I have read A SCENT OF LILIES with deep interest--in fact I am haunted and fascinated by it . Claire Gallois is marvellously talented and obviously has a distinguished future.' Rosamond Lehmann.***'By the end of this short book the tables have been turned completely. Instead of a marriage of convenience, a burial of convenience has taken place. Not since Carson McCullers wrote Member of the Wedding has a more moving yet cruelly honest adolescent voice been heard.' [Quotes taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper] ***First impression of the first UK edition, complete in its original dustwrapper in very nice condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Artikel-Nr. 8690

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