About this title: This humorous novel is composed almost entirely of conversations. Some take place in the dining-room of a London hotel overlooking a park, some in a pub, some in the flat of the main character - a middle-aged woman, clever, charming and beautiful. By the author of "Living" and "Caught".
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Description: Good. Publishers Overstock. A Good copy with a Remainder Mark and wear to the covers and the extremities. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 30 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Description: Fine New in Fine jacket. SOFT COVER, Fine/Fine, Dalkey Archive Press, 2000, 1st Dalkey Archive ed, 0.68 in. H x 8.55 in. L x 5.52 in. W, 10.3 oz. This copy has no signs of use, is in Excellent Condition Overall. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Edition: 3/50 1st Amer
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Viking, New York
Date Published: c1950
Description: Good, no dj, red-stamped gray cloth. Tight. 250 pgs, "New York 55" inked verso front cover, a few math figures inked verso back cover, 2" tear lower front joint. read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardcover--cloth
Publisher: Viking Press,, New York, New York:
Date Published: 1949.
Description: Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 250 pages, gray cloth. A very good, clean, neat hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear, but spine cloth faded; hinges and binding solid, paper lightly yellowed. Without dust jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781564782601ISBN:1564782603
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: 1st (U.S. ) edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 1950
Description: Illustrated by (dj design) Ilonka Karasz. Very Good in Very Good dj. [moderate shelfwear, spine a bit turned, light soiling/browning to page edges, old tape remnants on rear cover; jacket has a bit of scraping on spine, minor chipping at top of spine, light surface wear; the jacket is also about 1/8" shorter than the book itself, although it doesn't appear to have been trimmed]. The author's next-to-last novel, which the author himself called "a frivolous comedy of manners" and the jacket ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Pr
Date Published: 2000-10-01
ISBN-13:9781564782601ISBN:1564782603
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781564782601. read more
Description: NY: The Viking Press, (1950). First Viking edition. Clothbound. Hardcover. Near very good. The jacket is rubbed with some wear on the edges. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking, NY
Date Published: 1950
Description: Very Good in Very Good DJ. Comedy of manners in postwar London. Price-clipped dj has edgewear at corners and spine, 1/4" tears & crease. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 1950
Description: VG. Book spine darkened, tips and corners bumped, signature to ffep. A portrait of postwar London society described by Green as "a frivolous comedy of manners. " It was said of the novel, "It turns conventional attitudes topsy-turvy and shows up the 'older generation' for what it really is. " 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hard Cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking,, NY:
Date Published: 1950
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First edition. Previous owner's name on front paste-down, else very good in a very good (minor edge wear) dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York, NY
Date Published: 1950
Description: VG, small stamp ffep, in Good DJ with lt. Edge wear; Author's second novel. DJ designed by Ilonka Karasz, noted mid-century designer; First; Taupe cloth; 8vo; 250 p.; DJ. read more
""Don't you find your own children... so remote?" -- Something is slightly askew in this oedipal drama about the nihilism of getting what just you want."
"utterly and unabashedly charming and delightful. years after having an affair that almost ruined their respective marriages, jane weatherby and john pomfret are reunited when their children decide to get married despite questions regarding their possible kinship and the fact that they have almost no money to their name. afraid that mary pomfret and philip weatherby are destined for the working-class, jane and john attempt to stall the development of the wedding plans by having endlessly witty conversations about, well, nothing. this gives jane -- a shrewd, resourceful widow -- the opportunity to embark on a scheme to lure john away from his current love interest. as the plot advances through discussions filled with misdirections and omissions, green demonstrates that there is nothing like the spoken word to conceal one's true intentions, yet at the same time reveal everything."
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