CHAPMAN, HESTER W, IVOR NOVELLO
King's Rhapsody
Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950. Hardcover. Black Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine, small insignia on the front cover. Book of the Month. Tightly bound, clean & unmarked pages. The DJ is in Good- condition, spine end chipping, edgewear and a water mark to the inside of the covers. "The book is based on the play by Ivor Novello. This is a tale of humility and prejudice against a background of political intrigue, gypsy warnings, Austrian hunting lodges, court balls, worldly chaperones, and masquerades. It is the story of Christiane, a beautiful princess from the Norseland, who at the age of eleven saw the King of Murania, Nikki, in a cafe with his elegant mistress (for whom he had given up his throne) , and fell in love with him." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .
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