Author: H. E. Bates
Title: A Breath of French Air
Description: London, Michael Joseph, 1959. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of H. E. Bates's humorous sequel to 'The Darling Buds of May', in the brightly illustrated original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original brightly illustrated dust wrapper.From British writer H. E. Bates, this is the sequel to the popular novel 'The Darling Buds of May', and follows the Larkins, a rural family from Kent, on a holiday to France.This is the second work in the Larkin series. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty of the Edwardian period. Impeccably connected, Pleydell-Bouverie was also the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII, and rumoured to be a lover of King Edward VIII. A sparkling figure of fashionable society, her friends included Nancy Mitford, Coco Chanel, Winston Churchill, and Fred Astaire. This work is from the sale of Pleydell-Bouverie"s library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. She purchased the home in 1940, redesigning the interior and amassing an impressive library, featuring many examples of her own bookbinding. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with light shelf wear to spine head and tail. Boards bright. Light sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with closed tears to either side of back strip head and tail, and chipping to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Keywords: Darling Buds of May Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie Larkins Herbert Ernest Bates Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie None


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