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Published by London: William Heinemann, 1969
Seller: Peter Scott, Portslade, United Kingdom
Reissue. Hardcover. 392pp. V.g. in d/w.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Very Good DJ. 2nd American printing, 1956, very good cloth hardcover shows light rubbing to bottom corners, toniong to top edges, bit of soil at front endpapers, name at front endpaper and some other mild trace wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows rubbing and soil along with edgewear that includes closed tears and open chips and a couple of scotch tape mends at top portion of jacket reverse. 374 pages. Solid copy in jacket of this novel by Huntington though written anonymously that was turned into a French movie by Rene Feret and includes a comparison to Edith Wharton by Malcolm Cowley on the back panel blurb.
Published by New York: The Viking Press, (1956)., 1956
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. "First published in August 1956." A fine, bright copy; in a nearly fine, illustrated dust jacket with minor shelf wear and mild soiling to the rear panel. Attractive jacket art by Irv Docktor. Set in 1906 at a fashionable hotel on Lake Como, "this mysterious and somewhat scandalous novel: try suicide, adultery, and pathological familial relationships simmering underneath the impenetrable membrane of elegant manners,"(wordpress) features the enchanting Natalia Solario, a woman of worldly charm but with a difficult past. "The novel was anonymously published in 1956 (likely due to what was considered scandalous content), and her identity as the author would not be revealed for three decades. The book was considered a masterpiece by Marguerite Yourcenar, who discussed it on several occasions In her correspondance. In a segment on neglected books, Mary Renault in The American Scholar praised the book and called it "one of the finest novels of our century." In a letter, Paul Bowles called it "beautifully imagined and written", adding, "What a shame that the author never wrote anything else! And didn t even dare sign her name to it for fear of scandalizing her British in-laws"--wiki. Huntington's prose is often compared to that of Henry James. Tragically, the author committed suicide in 1959.