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Like New in Like New jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (21s net price intact). Published by Jonathan Cape, 1960. Octavo. Orange cloth over tan boards stamped in gold. Book is like new with no writing. Sharp corners and spine straight. Dust jacket is like new with some very light shelf wear. 294 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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First edition of the author's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For dear Jonathan, in memory of our long friendship & with admiration & affection Derek Patmore London Feb. 17 1961." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A man of unusual versatility, Derek Patmore won fame as an expert on interior decoration, as a playwright, as a travel writer and as a biographer. His Private History gives a comprehensive picture of a social world which has now passed into the realms of history. The bulk of the book deals with life in England during the 1920s and 1930s and the author, in addition to recounting his own experiences, attempts to analyze the whole social background of the period.