ARMITAGE, Marigold. A Motley to the View
ARMITAGE, Marigold. A Motley to the View. London: Faber and Faber. 1961. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s bright orange cloth lettered in black to spine, in the striking dust jacket designed by Richard Kennedy. With the publisher’s accordion prospectus for the book loosely inserted; uncommon in form. A near fine book, the cloth clean, the binding tight and square, the contents mostly clean, light spots to textblock edges, offsetting to endpapers, and one small brown patch to p159. The dust jacket unclipped and complete, tiny nick to rear panel lower portion, the edges very gently bumped. A couple of brown and adhesive tape repairs to verso, but externally very presentable indeed.
The rather elusive second novel by Armitage, the daughter of Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris. A follow-up of sorts to her successful debut novel, ‘A Long Way to Go’ (1952), both of which are set in Ireland and concern a ‘gloriously unbalanced hunting community in County Tipperary’. The prospectus calls her ‘the Nancy Mitford of Ireland (she is English, hooray)’. A nice and uncommon volume.
ARMITAGE, Marigold. A Motley to the View. London: Faber and Faber. 1961. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s bright orange cloth lettered in black to spine, in the striking dust jacket designed by Richard Kennedy. With the publisher’s accordion prospectus for the book loosely inserted; uncommon in form. A near fine book, the cloth clean, the binding tight and square, the contents mostly clean, light spots to textblock edges, offsetting to endpapers, and one small brown patch to p159. The dust jacket unclipped and complete, tiny nick to rear panel lower portion, the edges very gently bumped. A couple of brown and adhesive tape repairs to verso, but externally very presentable indeed.
The rather elusive second novel by Armitage, the daughter of Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris. A follow-up of sorts to her successful debut novel, ‘A Long Way to Go’ (1952), both of which are set in Ireland and concern a ‘gloriously unbalanced hunting community in County Tipperary’. The prospectus calls her ‘the Nancy Mitford of Ireland (she is English, hooray)’. A nice and uncommon volume.
ARMITAGE, Marigold. A Motley to the View. London: Faber and Faber. 1961. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s bright orange cloth lettered in black to spine, in the striking dust jacket designed by Richard Kennedy. With the publisher’s accordion prospectus for the book loosely inserted; uncommon in form. A near fine book, the cloth clean, the binding tight and square, the contents mostly clean, light spots to textblock edges, offsetting to endpapers, and one small brown patch to p159. The dust jacket unclipped and complete, tiny nick to rear panel lower portion, the edges very gently bumped. A couple of brown and adhesive tape repairs to verso, but externally very presentable indeed.
The rather elusive second novel by Armitage, the daughter of Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris. A follow-up of sorts to her successful debut novel, ‘A Long Way to Go’ (1952), both of which are set in Ireland and concern a ‘gloriously unbalanced hunting community in County Tipperary’. The prospectus calls her ‘the Nancy Mitford of Ireland (she is English, hooray)’. A nice and uncommon volume.