The Valley of Bones

London: Heinemann, 1977. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart reprint of one of Anthony Powell's important novels following his protagonist Nick Jenkins, this novel seeing Jenkins at the start of the Second World War. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.The seventh novel in Anthony Powell's important series 'A Dance to the Music of Time'.'The Valley of Bones' is the first of the series' war trilogy, beginning the novel in early 1940, and seeing the protagonist, Nick Jenkins, enlisting in the army. A 1977 reprint, first published in 1964.'A Dance to the Music of Time' is a twelve volume roman-fleuve, published over the course of twenty-four years. In the sequence, Powell examines the cultural and military struggles of the twentieth century, examining the power and passivity of the English people.The series is narrated by Nicholas Jenkins, with his recollections of various people he encountered over the past half a century. The novels span roughly from 1921 to 1971. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Only a few faint marks to the boards. Light spots to the fore edge. Very light edge wear to the dust wrapper, and a price label to the front fly leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine