In Youth is Pleasure by Denton Welch - 1944

London: Routledge Ltd, 1944. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart first edition of this scarce novel from English writer and painter Denton Welch, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Scarce work. With illustrated endpapers and jacket designed by the author. The second novel from the author and the last to be issued in his lifetime. An episodic novel, revolving around the experiences of a fifteen-year-old boy named Orvil, who spends a summer holiday at a country hotel outside London with his widowed father and two older brothers. We witness his reactions to events and reveries about them. Written by Maurice Denton Welch, a British writer and painter, admired for his vivid prose and precise descriptions. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light discolouration to the boards. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear. Minor loss to the head of the spine. Sunning to the spine and panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed