First edition of this "lightly preposterous" story about the "oddest of Mediterranean antics" of a group of quirky hotel guests.
Very good plus in like dust jacket.
Price: $500.00
"The Science of Not Falling in Love doesn't exist. There is only one cure in that direction, and that is to shut yourself up in a barrel and go over Niagra."
T. H. White took inspiration for this work of holiday-maker mischief from his time in Italy while recovering from tuberculosis. Contemporary readers, however, were in the dark about how the author's personal experiences influenced the novel: it was the first of two novels that White published under the James Aston pseudonym. THEY WINTER ABROAD represents a period of genre experimentation before his great success with THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING. A bright copy of an amusing work.
Read more: Gallix, T.H. White: An Annotated Bibliography, A2.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original yellow cloth binding with red spine label. Original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket. Black topstain. [8], 304 pages with [4] pages of ads to rear. Jacket with a touch of edgewear, careful small glue repair to top of spine. Binding spine ends somewhat bumped, foxing to fore-edge and bottom edge. A sharp copy.
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