Author: Joyce Cary
Title: Not Honour More; Except the Lord
Description: London, Michael Joseph, 1953-1955. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of 'Except the Lord' and 'Not Honour More', the second and third instalments of Joyce Cary's Second Trilogy. The first editions of these works. Both with the publisher's original dust wrappers, 'Not Honour More' being clipped. 'Except the Lord' and 'Not Honour More' mark the second and third novels of this Second Trilogy from Anglo-Irish author Joyce Cary's.The series centres on the career of a volatile politician, Chester Nimmo, whose story is told from different points of view, including his wife Nina and Nina's cousin, Jim. 'Except the Lord' recounts Nimmo's childhood and youth in the West Country, detailing his poor circumstances as the son of a stableman and his sister Georgina's support for the family after their mother dies. 'Not Honour More' centres more on Jim, Nina's cousin. Set during the General Strike of 1926, Jim is married to Nina, but living in an uncomfortable situation as Nimmo has moved in with them. With clashing politics within the household, Jim works as a "special" during the General Strike, trying to control the radicals. In the original cloth bindings. With the original dust wrappers, 'Not Honour More' being price-clipped. Externally, very smart, with minor rubbing to both works' extremities, and rubbing to the extremities of 'Except the Lord&apos. Dust wrappers are smart, with only edge wear to 'Not Honour More&apos. Tape reinforcements to the spine head of 'Except the Lord', with a large closed tears running down the front hinge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.

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