Basil Wake and his wife Hyacinth exist in the social whirl of London's early 1900s. For years Hyacinth has conducted a discreet affair with Parliamentarian Michael Choyce, who seems to fit into the Wakes' lives so conveniently. But a startling portrait of the mysterious and beautiful Daphne Adeane signifies a change in this comfortable set-up.
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Basil Wake and his wife Hyacinth exist in the social whirl of London's early 1900s. For years Hyacinth has conducted a discreet affair with Parliamentarian Michael Choyce, who seems to fit into the Wakes' lives so conveniently. But a startling portrait of the mysterious and beautiful Daphne Adeane signifies a change in this comfortable set-up.
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Seller's Description:
Very good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 327. Novel with supernatural content. In Bleiler. Slight lean, very slight wear, front endpapers very slightly browned otherwise near fine in slightly browned, stained and marked near VG-used dust jacket.
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None. Good. A French translation of this novel by Maurice Baring. With a preface by Andre Maurois. The novel was first published in English in 1926. The plot centres around a young woman, Fanny, who looks mysteriously like a painting of the enigmatic Daphne Adeane. Rebound in half-cloth with marbled boards. Externally, quite smart, with just some slight rubbing and wear to the extremities. Internally, binding strained in places. Pages are browned throughout. Good.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Two copies of Baring's 1927 novel, both stated First Editions. Green cloth boards stamped in yellow. 306, plus [4] pp. ads. 7.75 x 5 inches. Copy #1 (Fair/VG) is in a scarce dust jacket. Boards are heavily spotted from moisture. Front and rear paste-downs are stained, otherwise pages are clean and unaffected. Dust jacket (with green, black, and gold foil design) is rubbed and edge-chipped; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in archival sleeve. Copy #2 (VG/no jacket). Boards show light soiling; spine faded. Previous owner's name in pencil on ffep. Interior is clean. First published in 1926 in the UK by Heinemann, these are the American first editions of the novel by English author Marice Baring (1874-1945). It is the story of the complexes, complications, and the barriers of misunderstanding within the marriage of Fanny and Michael Choyce, members of the literary and artistic world of London. Daphne Adeane, deceased prior to the start of the novel, and the memory of her, pervade and impact the lives of the characters. Set around the period of the First World War.