Author: Elizabeth Bowen
Title: The Death of the Heart
Description: London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this moving novel from Irish-British writer Elizabeth Bowen. First edition. Following the story of a sixteen-year-old orphan, Portia Quayne, who moves to London to live with her half-brother Thomas and falls in love with Eddie, a friend of her sister-in-law. Written by Elizabeth Bowen, an Irish-British novelist and short story writer notable for her books about the "big house" of Irish landed Protestants. In 1958, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor bumping to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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