Managing Ariadne

Gift quality hardcover in red cloth covered boards with black titles and ruled lines has sharp tips and bumped spine ends. Stated third impression on title page without a printed date but a gift dedication on frt pastedown is dated 1932. Not exlib. 288pp text plus further 30pp publisher's catalog bound in. All else is crisp and unmarked, no soil, no dog-eared tips. Original color illustrated, unclipped, unpriced dust wrapper shows a 1/2" x 1" chip at head of spine that ends at rear gutter, foot of spine tatty and two tiny chips at upper tips and two 1/4" closed tears at head of frt panel. Light surface soil on white background jacket front illustrated with a fetching portrait of the bowler and doe skin glove wearing Ariadne peering though an oversized horseshoe that has a spray of shamrocks tied onto it. Spine of jacket sunned and title/author faded but still legible. Spine ends tatty with tiny chips but still displays well in mylar. The adventures of Hugh Armstrong from the day he attended the Doncaster September Sales, the romance of Anne whom he met there, and of one or two other delightful people as well and the mystery of the stolen jewellery. And through it all there runs that humour, and that inimitable light heartedness of style which has caused the sales of Miss Conyer's novels to swell into hundreds of thousands. In this tale you will follow with admiration and smiles the plucky exploits of Elizabeth in her attempt to clear her father's debts/ the adventures which not only befall her but the tenants who rented her lovely ramshackle old house will intrigue you. the mystery of the stolen chalices will perplex you/ and, finally the realization of a charming romance will captivate you. Dorothea Conyers' characterization, together with her vivid pen-pictures of the hunting-field make Follow Elisabeth a 'galloping' story which will long be remembered.

Product Info

Publisher: Hutchinson & Co.

Year: 1932

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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