Author: Elizabeth Bowen
Title: The House in Paris & the Heat of the Day
Description: London, Jonathan Cape; The Reprint Society, 1949-1950. Cloth. Two smart novels from Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen, with the original dust wrappers. Two volumes. Written by Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen, an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer notable for her books about "the Big House" of Irish landed Protestants as well as her fiction about life in wartime London. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958. This set contains: The House in Paris, 1949. The collected edition. With a frontispiece. Set in France and Great Britain following the First World War, this novel's action takes place on a single February day in a house in Paris. We follow two young children, Henrietta and Leopold, on the next legs of their respective journeys. The Heat of The Day, 1950. Later edition. Set in the tense years following the Blitz in London, this story revolves around the relationship between Stella Rodney and her lover Robert Kelway. However, there is a consistent interfering presence of Harrison, a British intelligence agent who is convinced that Robert is a German spy. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the cloth. Original dust wrapper of The House in Paris has been price-clipped while the original dust wrapper of The Heat of The Day remains unclipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spines with minor chipping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. With a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper of The Heat of The Day. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Keywords: House Paris Heat Day Paris None
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Title: The House in Paris & the Heat of the Day
Description: London, Jonathan Cape; The Reprint Society, 1949-1950. Cloth. Two smart novels from Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen, with the original dust wrappers. Two volumes. Written by Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen, an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer notable for her books about "the Big House" of Irish landed Protestants as well as her fiction about life in wartime London. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958. This set contains: The House in Paris, 1949. The collected edition. With a frontispiece. Set in France and Great Britain following the First World War, this novel's action takes place on a single February day in a house in Paris. We follow two young children, Henrietta and Leopold, on the next legs of their respective journeys. The Heat of The Day, 1950. Later edition. Set in the tense years following the Blitz in London, this story revolves around the relationship between Stella Rodney and her lover Robert Kelway. However, there is a consistent interfering presence of Harrison, a British intelligence agent who is convinced that Robert is a German spy. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the cloth. Original dust wrapper of The House in Paris has been price-clipped while the original dust wrapper of The Heat of The Day remains unclipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spines with minor chipping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. With a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper of The Heat of The Day. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Keywords: House Paris Heat Day Paris None
Price: GBP 98.00 = appr. US$ 139.94 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 955T52
- Book number: 955T52
See more books from our catalog: Modern Fiction