Enchanted April, Signed (4 results)

Debra McFarlane (illustrator). Condition: Very Good. 2003. 204 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Green slipcase. Colour illustrations throughout by Debra McFarlane. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards with minimal shelf wear. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor marking to panels.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed Limited First Edition. #77 of 377 copies printed, signed on the limitation page by the author. Slipcase is missing the top panel, darkened all around, wear on the edges, heavy general wear. Dust jacket is chipped on one front corner, spine quite darkened tearing on both edges, chipped head/tail. Vellum paper boards are also darkened, light rubbing. Interior is clean. The Enchanted April is a 1922 novel by British writer Elizabeth von Arnim that follows four women in 1920s England who leave their rainy, grey environments to go on holiday in Italian Riviera. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. publisher's white cloth, limited edition of 375 signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Signed limited edition of this classic novel, one of only 377 copies. Octavo, original vellum, original slipcase. Near fine in a very good dust jacket in a very good slipcase. Rare and desirable. The work was inspired by a month-long holiday to the Italian Riviera, probably the most widely read (as an English and American best seller in 1923. The women at the center of The Enchanted April are alike only in their dissatisfaction with their everyday lives. They find each otherā"and the castle of their dreamsā"through a classified ad in a London newspaper one rainy February afternoon. The ladies expect a pleasant holiday, but they donāt anticipate that the month they spend in Portofino will reintroduce them to their true natures and reacquaint them with joy. It was the basis for the 1991 film and a Broadway play.