Left for a moment alone at a birthday party, the children make a pact never to grow old; in the very next scene we encounter a married couple, two of the partying children, married, a bit dissatisfied with life and hungry for the excitement of love and youth. Into this world and the lives of their own children steps a strangely naive and innocent man, Mr. Martin, who transforms their ordinary lives, returning them to a world of love, adventure, and magic. But all threatens to come crashing down upon them as they gradually ...
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Left for a moment alone at a birthday party, the children make a pact never to grow old; in the very next scene we encounter a married couple, two of the partying children, married, a bit dissatisfied with life and hungry for the excitement of love and youth. Into this world and the lives of their own children steps a strangely naive and innocent man, Mr. Martin, who transforms their ordinary lives, returning them to a world of love, adventure, and magic. But all threatens to come crashing down upon them as they gradually perceive who Mr. Martin actually is: the child from the party who demanded their promises of eternal youth. Suddenly the past, demanding its priorities, endangers the lives of their own children, and they must outwit their own innocent commitments in order to allow the next generation to exist. Beautifully written, with a lush use of language and interior monologue that reminds one of Virginia Woolf, this book, a best-seller upon its original (1925) publication, evidences Morley's exceptional talent as a fiction and mystery writer. Perhaps best known for his novels Parnassus on Wheels and The Haunted Bookshop, Morley was a true American wit and author of over seven novels, several books of essays, poetry, and plays. Born in 1890, Morley died in 1957.
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Seller's Description:
Good. No Jacket. Size: 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo); Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
Publisher:
Heinemann, 1930, Traveller's Library series
Published:
01/1930
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16341574569
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Good. No Jacket. Size: 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo); Hardcover. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. NOT as in picture as hardback is withOUT dust cover and has been rebound in a red cloth by the library. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
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Used-Good. Good hardback. Early reprint, 1926. Black cloth, with pale blue paper title panels on spine & front board. Light foxing on page fore-edge; binding tight; title panel on spine darkened & chipped.
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Good in Fair jacket. 12mo. DJ rubbed, tanned, chipped with some loss to head of spine and a couple of 2" tears. Light edgewear to boards and spine, foxed closed edges, pp in good order.
