In THE DUKE'S DAUGHTER, ordinary country pleasures provide the happenstance for the hopes and hesitations of young love. Family names familiar from earlier installments of Barsetshire series- Marling and Adams, Winter and Waring, Belton and Dale- populate the pages of this engaging novel, as enamored men and women find their way into each other's hearts, culminating in one day in which three engagements are announced! To the traditional concerns of the gentry is added a fierce displeasure with intrusions of the post-war ...
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In THE DUKE'S DAUGHTER, ordinary country pleasures provide the happenstance for the hopes and hesitations of young love. Family names familiar from earlier installments of Barsetshire series- Marling and Adams, Winter and Waring, Belton and Dale- populate the pages of this engaging novel, as enamored men and women find their way into each other's hearts, culminating in one day in which three engagements are announced! To the traditional concerns of the gentry is added a fierce displeasure with intrusions of the post-war government (the office of "Red Tape and Sealing Wax"), yet this new-found preoccupation does nothing to deter the onset of a happy ending for all concerned.
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Seller's Description:
Good. 1951. Hardcover. Ex-libris with usual markings. In original cloth covers with gilt title to spine. Covers sunned to spine and edges. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a good copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Good. Shows minimal wear such as frayed or folded edges, minor rips and tears, and/or slightly worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages.
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Cosgrave, John O'Hara II. Very Good in Good jacket. Book 322 pages, map front endpaper, 8vo; wine cloth. Thirkell was the granddaughter of Edward Burne-Jones. Very good; dust jacket illustrated by J. O'Hara., Cosgrave II; good, mends, ragged edges with some loss, partial slit at flap fold, sunned.
