The last decade of old Septimus Howard's life sees many upheavals. War comes to Caxley, and his favorite grandson Edward, a pilot, brings home a wife who seems too cold and aloof for the Howard family. The Howards' restaurant in Market Square survives the wartime shortages, but its temperamental manager, Robert, is slipping past the point when eccentricity becomes insanity ...
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The last decade of old Septimus Howard's life sees many upheavals. War comes to Caxley, and his favorite grandson Edward, a pilot, brings home a wife who seems too cold and aloof for the Howard family. The Howards' restaurant in Market Square survives the wartime shortages, but its temperamental manager, Robert, is slipping past the point when eccentricity becomes insanity ...
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Seller's Description:
Fair. 1967. Michael Joseph. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE DJ; Acceptable, edgewear. DJ torn. DJ foxed. Pages discoloured. Some pages marked. Some page edges foxed. 8x5.
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Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Good dust jacket. Owner's name on inside. In protective mylar cover. (Literature, fiction, Pastoral Fiction)
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Good in No jacket. London: Michael Joseph, 1967. First edition, 1967. History of the Howard family shortly before, during and after the outbreak of WWII. Khaki cloth with blue boards spine, gilt spine lettering, illustrated endpapers, 224 pages. The book is in good condition with some overall light surface soil, rubbed extremities, sound text block, good hinges, scribbled out line of address atop front free endpaper, otherwise clean pages with no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
