Simpson worked for "Vogue" magazine for several years. Her stories, which have appeared in "Soho Square", "Storia 1" and "Best Short Stories 1988", are mainly concerned with contemporary metropolitan life.
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Simpson worked for "Vogue" magazine for several years. Her stories, which have appeared in "Soho Square", "Storia 1" and "Best Short Stories 1988", are mainly concerned with contemporary metropolitan life.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp.183. ISBN: 0434703184 Fiction. Short stories. Author's first published book. Signed presentation from the author: " For Jane with best wishes from Helen X." Jane Hope Bown CBE (13 March 1925 &endash; 21 December 2014) was a renowned English photographer who worked for The Observer newspaper from 1949. The fourteen stories humorously explore the ideas of independence, solitude, marriage, sex, and babies. Photograph of the author by The Douglas Brothers. Jacket design by Megan Wilson showing a detail from 'Venere e Marte sul Letto' by Carlo Saraceni (1579-2620. ) Fine in near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket very feintly rubbed edges.