A. S. Byatt; Antonia Susan Duffy
The Virgin in the Garden
London, Chatto and Windus , 1978. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Dame Antonia Susan Duffy's third novel written under her well know pseudonym A. S. Byatt. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper. Also known for her short stories, Byatt has been influenced by Henry James and George Eliot as well as Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, and Robert Browning, in merging realism and naturalism with fantasy. In original cloth binding with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Some fading to the head and tail of the spine. Dustwrapper is bright and generally smart, though with the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, though with some light marks to the textblock edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine.

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