Two Worlds and Their Ways
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949.
First American Edition. Hardcover.
First American Edition.
In this witty dialogue-rich novel, Sefton and his sister Clemence are sent to separate boarding schools. The two seek their stern mother’s approval – not always appropriately – and engage with a collection of “small fiends” attending the posh schools each run by one of their father’s first wife’s sisters. Elizabeth Bowen: “Miss Compton-Burnett is always fundamentally truthful at the expense of realism… Her characters are larger than life-size, and superhumanly articulate. Irrespective of age and class, they express themselves with a devastating lucidity.”
Very Good / Near Very Good. Item #9010215-3/4 x 8-7/16”, red cloth with embossed floral design front board, dark green top-edge, 311pp.
Light toning to leaves, very good in dust wrapper with irregular toning and a bit of edge-wear, including an archival tape repair to heel of spine, with $3.50 price intact, and in a protective mylar.
Price: $25.00