Author: Lynne Reid Banks
Title: The L-Shaped Room
Description: London, Chatto & Windus, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A very nice copy of this popular novel following a young single mother in the 1950s, a first edition in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The L-Shaped Room' follows a young woman, Jane Graham, in the late 1950s, as she finds herself pregnant with no desire to marry the father. Graham moves into a run-down boarding house in London, meeting a variety of colourful characters, all the while being looked down upon for being unmarried and pregnant.This was Lynne Reid Banks' first adult novel, and proved to be an instant success and best-seller. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the rear board. Scattered spots to the endpapers. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper, with a small chip to the head of the spine, and neat tape repairs to the reverse. Spine is a little age-toned, some light marks to the wraps, including spots to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.

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