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London: The Hogarth Press, 1952. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13 x 19 cm). Dust jacket: Original jacket by Lynton Lamb. Wear and slight loss to ends of spine and corners, with old tape repairs to reverse. Slight darkening to spine. Slight browning and a little light foxing to flaps. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: First printing. Blue green buckram binding. Browning to page edges, foxing to endpapers, half title page and last page of text. Occasional spots of light foxing and a few small marks to text. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 252

London: Hogarth Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine+/Fine-. First Impression of the author's final novel. Small 8vo: [4],252pp. Publisher's aquamarine cloth, spine lettered in gold, top edge stained yellow; Lynton Lamb illustrated dust jacket, priced 11s/6d. Better than Near Fine (dust-soiled top edge, front edge lightly spotted, but binding square and tight), pages clean and unmarked; about Fine jacket (tips of spine panel lightly rubbed). A collectible copy. Written almost entirely in dialogue (a technique that has drawn much appreciative comment), Henry Green's comedy of manners exposes the deceptive difference between those who love and those who "dote." Stuck in a passionless marriage, a middle-aged, upper-middle class man living in post-World War II London becomes infatuated with a much younger woman. Their relationship sets into motion a series of intertwining affairs among five close friends less concerned with love than with their attempts to keep the other lovers apart.… Read More