Isabel Collegate (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First American Edition.

Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. FIRST. As new. Unopened and unread. F / F.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. The signed first edition of Isabel Colegate's gem of a tale that dramatises Queen Victoria's royal visit to Bath. The signed first edition of The Summer of the Royal Visit, by English novelist Isabel Colegate. Published in 1991 by Hamish HamiltonIn the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The author's signature on the title page.Author of the BBC adapted The Shooting Party, Colegate specialises in telling stories involving high society. In this novel, Colegate tells a dramatisation of Queen Victoria's visit to Bath, involving both rumours, imposters and clairvoyants. Colegate lived in Bath for nearly half a century, and her husband was a long-time chair of the Bath Preservation Trust. In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, in excellent condition. Dust wrapper is bright and clean, with very minor shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. signed by author. book.