Innocents: Variations on a Theme

A. L. Barker

Published by The Hogarth Press, London, 1947

About this Item

Bright first edition of A. L. Barker's first short story collection in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. Winner of the inaugural Somerset Maugham Prize in 1947. An uncommon copy.A collection of short stories concerned with some crisis of human life, innocence, youth.The first work of Audrey L. Barker, English novelist and short story writer, often writing about love, good and evil, youth, and children as both the catalyst and victims of events. Her writing is well regarded by the literary critics and other authors over time.Complete with unclipped dust wrapper designed by Duncan Grant. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with light bumping and fading to head and tail of spine and extremities. Dust wrapper unclipped and smart with some wear, lightly chipped to head and tail of spine, spine darkened. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Seller Inventory # 854A38

Bibliographic Details

Title: Innocents: Variations on a Theme

Publisher: The Hogarth Press, London

Publication Date: 1947

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Condition: Very Good Indeed

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book