The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
by Godden, Rumer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. Book. Illus. by Galster, Robert (jacket design). Very Good. Half-Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated: "Second printing before publication. Third printing October 1963." Rumer Godden deals with a universal issue: has a woman the right to pursue her own fulfillment in love, or must she sacrifice it to her children? Basis for the film, "The Affair at Villa Fiorita" (1965) starring Maureen O'Hara, Rossano Brazzi, Richard Todd, Phyllis Calvert, Olivia Hussey, Martin Stephens, directed by Delmar Daves. 312 pp. Half-blue cloth with hardcover insert in cream marble, Godden's initials in blue. Gold titles. Top of pages tinted blue. Light skew to spine, thin fade mark top of spine, else Near Fine. Dustjacket chipped top of spine, light wear to bottom and corners, spine faded to off-shade. Very good in very good dustjacket, protected with mylar cover..
Synopsis
"The two younger Clavering children discover to their horror that their mother has gone off with another man. They refuse to accept it. Determined to bring their mother home, they leave their lonely London flat and begin their long journey to an unknown part of Italy. Once they arrive, they realize that their task is not the simple one they had thought."
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001403
- Title
- The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
- Author
- Godden, Rumer
- Illustrator
- Galster, Robert (jacket design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Modern First Editions; Books Into Film; Women's Studies;
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Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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