THE ITALIAN GIRL

First edition, first printing. Original turquoise paper-covered boards lettered in gilt to the spine, in the Reynolds Stone illustrated dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding firm with a slight lean to the spine and and very slight bumping to the spine tips and boards corners, the contents clean and bright throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed, bright dustwrapper which is lightly marked to the rear panel. Not price-clipped (21s. net to the front flap). A nice copy.

The author's eighth novel. "Edmund has escaped from his family into a lonely life. Returning for his mother's funeral he finds himself involved in the old, awful problems, together with some new ones. One by one his relatives reveal their secrets to a reluctant Edmund: illicit affairs, hidden passions, shameful scandals. And the heart of all, there is, as always, the family's loyal servant, the Italian girl" (from the publisher; Tominaga and Scheidermeyer 124).