An Aspidistra in Babylon
by H E Bates
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1960. First Edition. . Hardback. Good/Good. First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20.5 × 13cm, 239pp. This collection of four novellas continue Bates's sensitive, often witty, explorations of unhappy love. The title story, 'An Aspidistra in Babylon', is a reminiscence of a girl's loss of innocence. Christine, who describes herself at eighteen as 'dull as one of the aspidistras that cluttered up. our little boarding house' is seduced by the forty-year-old Captain Blaine, who charms her imagination with stories of a life on the Continent. Condition: The book is in good solid condition, with heavy foxing to the pages edges. The dustwrapper is tanned to the spine but remains attractive and is now within a protective sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Cox and Budge Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012968
- Title
- An Aspidistra in Babylon
- Author
- H E Bates
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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