The Shrimp and the Anemone
London: Putnam & Co. Ltd., 1944.
First Edition. Hardcover.
First Edition, First Printing.
Inscription signed by the author to his uncle in year of publication: “Sophie & Uncle Herbert with love from Leslie – Christmas 1944.” L(eslie) P. Hartley’s uncle was H(erbert) P. Thompson, brother of Hartley’s mother Elizabeth (nee Thompson). Penciled name of H. P. Thompson at 6 Ripon Road above inscription.
The first novel in the Eustace and Hilda trilogy (followed by Eustace and Hilda & The Sixth Heaven), about a lifelong relationship between a brother and his sister. In this novel, the two spend a summer by the sea in Norfolk as children.
Item #9009385 x 8-1/8”, turquoise cloth, 226pp.
Bit of lean to spine, sun fading to head and tail of spine related to chips in dust wrapper, a bit of toning to leaves and a few faint spots of foxing to fore-edges of leaves, bit of bumping to corners, good in worn and chipped dust wrapper (including long tear at front dust wrapper flap fold), in protective mylar.
Price: $125.00