HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Revised.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1979 (1944)* Publisher: The Bodley Head.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, Gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no fading or ageing. FINE.* Jacket condition: Coloured illustrative wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £5.50. No wear or damage, in protective clear plastic wrapper. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY OR REMAINDERED. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning, seems un-read. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 361 pp. text. viii pp. Blank pages at rear.* Description: Paul Stafford is a young artist with remarkable talent who opts for a career as a fashionable portrait painter and to whom success comes too early and too easily. His dissatisfaction with self-imposed limitations placed on his talent leads to a change in the direction of his work. He suffers unexpected and tragic results, the goddess of Failure triumphs over that of Success, The Merciless Ladies of the title. Originally published by Ward Lock in 1944 this is a revised issue. In the foreword, the author indicates "one or two scenes" that did not seem "quite right" have "been improved".* A FINE copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS in protective wrapper.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2128
Title: The Merciless Ladies
Author: Graham, Winston
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - F/F/F
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0370302370
ISBN 13: 9780370302379
Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd
Place of Publication: London Uk 361
Date Published: 1979-10-04
Size: 20.6 x 14.2 x 3.3 cm

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