9780241106143 - My First Naked Lady by Breffny, Brian De (5 results)

Condition: Very Good. Clean copy. Fine in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has minor wear to top edges but remains excellent. 1981. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. Clean copy. Fine in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has minor wear to top edges but remains excellent. 1981. Hardcover. . . . .

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 208. Signed presentation copy to Eva Neurath: ' for Eva who has been called 'Mother Publisher' but who has inspired me so much- love Brian.' Novel. ISBN 0241106141. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. First Edition. 1981. 1st British Printing. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. Unusually aestetically beautiful jacket design. 208 pages. Seven year old Alexis is summoned from Ireland to the south of France by his Rumanian grandfather. He arrives at a large ugly house full of aunts, uncles and hangers-on, each more unusual than the rest. the grandfather, cosmopolitan, charming, cultured and witty, is drawn to the boy. Upon the sudden death of the grandfather, the house is set into confusion, and burned down by the youngest of the aunts. 0259.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Full blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Light spine lean is the only fault. Inscribed by the author on the title page to a previous owner (apparently a family member) with a humorous personal inscription. Publisher's original price intact on front jacket flap (£7.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean copy. Octavo, 208 pages. "My First Naked Lady" is Brian de Breffny's comic and reflective memoir of Anglo-Irish childhood and eccentric family life. Brian de Breffny (1931-2010) was an Irish architectural historian, genealogist, and author of numerous works on Irish country houses and heritage, including "The Houses of Ireland" (1975) and "The Churches of Ireland" (1976). Inscribed by Author(s).