First edition of this nostalgic series of snapshots of Victorian England, as experienced by Mundy, son of a groom – in the scarce and vivid original dust jacket.
Very good plus in near fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00
"Beautiful England! There was still something so medieval about it, something feudal."
The Guardian called FAREWELL VICTORIA a "panoramic novel," in which the events "glide past" as "little islands in an ocean of time." Preceding his ONCE AND FUTURE KING by five years, this title demonstrates T. H. White's appreciation for history, though on a less grand level as his later work. His main character Mundy acts as a conduit through which the history of Victorian England passes, from life as the son of a horse groom of the aristocracy to a private in the Zulu Wars, and to the end of his days as "a relic of a bygone age" as motorcars press him out of his life as a coachman. This copy is particularly sharp, in its original scarce and vibrant dust jacket.
Read more: The Guardian, 10 November 1933.
London: Collins, 1933. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Original green cloth binding with black spine lettering. Original unclipped (no price) color pictorial dust jacket. 252 pages. Jacket with slight edgewear, a couple tiny closed tears; mild spot of soil to spine. Binding with a bit of offsetting from jacket to spine, a touch of shelfwear. Sharp and bright overall.
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