Return. A Novel. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Return. A Novel. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER | Rare and modern books | Talbot Kathrine
Rare and modern books
Talbot Kathrine
Faber,
1959
Return. A Novel. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Return. A Novel. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER | Rare and modern books | Talbot Kathrine
Rare and modern books
Talbot Kathrine
Faber,
1959
101.20 €
(Devon,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1959
- Author
- Talbot Kathrine
- Publishers
- Faber
- Keyword
- modern firsts, novels, kathrine talbot, ilse barker, kathrine talbot, ilse barker, modern first editions, return
- Languages
- English
Description
8vo., First Edition, small inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author's second novel, following 'The Innermost Cage' (1955). Ilse Eva Louise Gross Barker (1921-2006), poet and author, was born in Germany, She married the English painter Kit Barker and the couple divided their time between England and the US, where they became close friends of the American poet Elizabeth Bishop. Barker wrote several novels under her pen name 'Kathrine Talbot' and used this persona also in her many translations of foreign verse and prose. Her first two novels are very scarce. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
