Author: MORTIMER, JOHN
Title: Summer's Lease
Description: New York: Viking Penguin, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670819840. A first edition of John Mortimer's humorous novel, which is the story of a bickering English family who vacation in a rented house in Tuscany over a summer. Mr. Mortimer was a retired British barrister as well as a prolific author. He wrote many novels (especially his much-loved "Rumpole of the Bailey" series), plus plays, television and film scripts, an autobiography, and translations. --- In pink paper-covered boards backed in white cloth, with turquoise foil spine titling. Dust jacket with Sandra Buckland color collage of Tuscan scenes to front panel. --- The dust jacket has been attached to the book's covers with permanent adhesive and with a splotch of adhesive to front free endpaper, otherwise a tightly-bound, bright, unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket ($19.95) with minor creasing, else newish and bright (despite being pasted to the book).; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 288 pages. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket .

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