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Lady into Fox
by Garnett, David (illus. Richard A. Garnett)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition (3rd impression, 3 months after 1st printing), no d/j, bound in mottled plum cloth title to spine label,
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1923. 3rd impression. hardback. Very good, 1st edition (3rd impression, 3 months after 1st printing), no d/j, bound in mottled plum cloth title to spine label, top edges gilt others untrimmed. A little tanning to endpapers, untrimmed pages tight and unmarked. Very good copy.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Early novella (and first in his own name) from a member of the Bloomsbury group, and co-founder (with Francis Meynell) of the Nonesuch Press (first published in Oct 1922). Lady into Fox dedicated to, Duncan Grant, his lover at the time, and subsequent father-in-law. The work won the 1922 James Tate Black Memorial and 1923 Hawthornden prizes. The story of Sylvia Tebrick turning into a fox whilst out walking in the woods The story follows her adjustment in her new state and her husband's care for her.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC43253
- Title
- Lady into Fox
- Author
- Garnett, David (illus. Richard A. Garnett)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition (3rd impression, 3 months after 1st printing), no d/j, bound in mottled plum cloth title to spine label,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Pages
- 91
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Bloomsbury
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
Terms of Sale
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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