Paul Gallico - The Lonely; the Small Miracle; Trial by Error; Snowflake; the Foolish Immortals; Love of Seven Dolls; Flowers for Mrs Harris; Mrs Harris Goes to New York; Coronation: A Novel

London, Michael Joseph; Heinemann, 1947-1962. First edition. Cloth. A collection of nine novels by Paul Gallico, all first editions, first impressions. The first edition, first impressions of these works. All in the publisher's original cloth bindings, except for Snowflake and Love of Seven Dolls, which are in quarter cloth bindings with pictorial boards. All with the original unclipped dust wrappers, except for The Foolish Immortals, Trial by Error and Flowers for Mrs Harris.Previous owner"s ink inscription to the front free end paper of Trial by Error and Flowers for Mrs Harris and to the verso of the front free end paper to Love of Seven Dolls.A collection of novels by the American author Paul Gallico (1897-1976), best remembered for the critically acclaimed The Snow Goose, his four novels concerning the beloved character Mrs Harris, and for The Poseidon Adventure. This set includes the scarce novel Trial by Error, as well as two Mrs Harris novels. This set comprises:The Lonely (1947)The Small Miracle (1951)Trial by Error (1952)Snowflake (1952), with decorations by David KnightThe Foolish Immortals (1953)Love of Seven Dolls (1954)Flowers for Mrs Harris (1958)Mrs Harris goes to New York (1960)Coronation: A Novel (1962) Seven works in the publisher's original cloth binding; two in quarter cloth bindings with pictorial boards. Six works with the original unclipped dust wrappers; three without. Externally, very smart. Discolouration to the lower extremities of the boards to "The Lonely" and fading to the spine of "The Foolish Immortals" and "Flowers for Mrs Harris". Marks to the rear board of "Trial by Error". Scattered spotting to the front board of "Snowflake" and "Love of Seven Dolls". Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Sticker to the front free end paper of "The Foolish Immortals". The odd spot to the fore edge of "Mrs Harris goes to New York". The odd spot to the first and last couple of pages of "Snowflake" and "Coronation". Dust wrappers are generally smart. Discolouration to the spine of the dust wrapper to "The Small Miracle". Sunning and shelf wear to the dust wrapper, with chipping causing small losses to the upper extremities, of "The Lonely". Scattered spotting to the dust wrapper, with sunning to the spine, of "Mrs Harris goes to New York". Light chipping to the head and tail of the spine of the dust wrapper, with spotting to the flyleaves, of "Coronation". Very Good . Ill.: David Knight. Very Good/Very Good.

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