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Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1970
ISBN 10: 0575005351ISBN 13: 9780575005358
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket by Biro (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Ex library with usual stamps and defects. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, slight lean, slight bruising to bottom of spine, spine very slightly sunned, corners rubbed with small loss. Not price clipped (£1.80, 30s), no personal inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a reasonable copy of a scarce book. 256pp. The story turns on the efforts of the recently widowed Carrie Preston to launch her daughters into polite Dublin society at the turn of the 20th century, with comic and disastrous effect.