THE HEAT OF THE DAY
by BOWEN, Elizabeth
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Gilt cloth. Small stain to top edge, else near fine in a bright dust jacket with a scattering of a few rubbed areas. First American edition. Bowen was an Anglo-Irish writer who, although she lived primarily in England, maintained a large family estate, Bowen's Court, in County Cork, Ireland. She mixed with the Bloomsbury Group, becoming good friends with Rose Macaulay and welcomed Virginia Woolf, among others, to Bowen's Court. In the finest Bloomsbury tradition, Bowen had several extra-marital relationships including one with the American poet May Sarton. The present novel is concerned with the London blitz, Ireland, sex, spies and counter-spies. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000082
- Title
- THE HEAT OF THE DAY
- Author
- BOWEN, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Women Poetry LGBTQ
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