New York: Viking, 1981. First American edition. First printing. Hardcover. Quarter dark brown cloth over light brown paper-covered boards, with gilt spine lettering and brown endpapers. Fine in a very good dust jacket, with sun-fading to the spine. Three small red stars stamped neatly on front endpaper. Publisher's original price intact on front jacket flap ($11.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Octavo, 195 pages. A novel of an English country estate gathering on the eve of World War I, depicting the decline of the Edwardian upper class. Isabel Colegate (1931 2023) was an English novelist best known for her elegant historical fiction; "The Shooting Party" was adapted into a 1985 feature film starring James Mason.

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Title

The Shooting Party (First American Edition)

Publisher

Viking, New York

Publication Date

1981

Language

English

ISBN 10

0670640646

ISBN 13

9780670640645

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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British and Irish Literature

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A portrayal of the British upper classes before World War I follows the lives of two men and their rivalry in the hunt and in the drawing room

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Isabel Colegate is the author of twelve novels, a collection of short stories, and, most recently, A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries, and Recluses (Counterpoint, April 2002). She lives near Bath, England.

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