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340 Pp. Green Cloth, Modernist Design. "First American Edition" Stated. Near Fine, No Names Or Marks, Ends Of Spine Slightly Bumped But No Wear. Dj Lightly Used, Not Price Clipped, Slight Browning. With An Inserted Publisher's Sheet Indicating "This Copy Of The First Edition Of A View Of The Harbour Is Signed By The Author For Friends Of Borzoi Books", With The Author's Signature Below. Per Wikipedia, Elizabeth Taylor (Née Coles; 1912 ?1975) Was An English Novelist And Short-Story Writer. Kingsley Amis Described Her As "One Of The Best English Novelists Born In This Century". Antonia Fraser Called Her "One Of The Most Underrated Writers Of The 20Th Century", While Hilary Mantel Said She Was "Deft, Accomplished And Somewhat Underrated"?. Taylor's Work Is Mainly Concerned With The Nuances Of Everyday Life And Situations. Her Shrewd But Affectionate Portrayals Of Middle-Class And Upper Middle-Class English Life Won Her An Audience Of Discriminating Readers, As Well As Loyal Friends In The World Of Letters. She Was A Friend Of The Novelist Ivy Compton-Burnett And Of The Novelist And Critic Robert Liddell. Her Long Correspondence With The Latter Forms The Subject Of One Of Her Short Stories, "The Letter Writers" (Published In The Blush, 1951), But The Letters Were Destroyed, In Line With Her General Policy Of Keeping Her Private Life Private. A Horror Of Publicity Is The Subject Of Another Celebrated Short Story, "Sisters", Written In 1969. The New York Review Of Books Reissued Mrs. Palfrey At The Claremont In 2021 In Its Classics Series. In His Introduction To This Edition, Michael Hofmann Noted That The Novel Was Nominated For The Booker Prize, But That The Novelist Saul Bellow, A "Celebrity Judge, Thought He Heard A Lot Of Tinkling Teacups In Mrs. Palfrey, And There Went Her Chances" ? With V. S. Naipaul Having Won That Year Instead For In A Free State. Set In 1968 Or 1969, With Frequent References To Popular Culture (Ranging From The Beatles, To The Novels Of C. P. Snow) And Changing Social Tastes, Mrs. Palfrey At The Claremont Is A Post-Imperial Novel With The Lead Character Herself Having Spent Most Of Her Adult Life In Burma, Where Her Late Husband Had His Job. "The Whole Country Seems To Be In A Bit Of A Pother," Hoffman Observes, "But Oddly, There Are Union Jacks Everywhere."[. Seller Inventory # 050162
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Bibliographic Details
Title: A View Of The Harbour
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Publication Date: 1947
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First American Edition
