The Shooting Party. This item is unavailable.The Shooting Party

First edition hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket, both in very good condition for their age. Jacket design by Craig Dodd. From the collection of W.L. Webb, the Guardian's literary editor for many years, ownership pencilled to FEP. Newspaper review and Webb's notes laid in. General shelf and handling wear, including tanning, light creasing and wear to DJ cover, edges, corners and folds, minor nicks and chipping noted. Minor creasing to board spine head and foot, light wear to edges. Within, pages are well bound, and content unmarked. CN

Poised, wry, lovable, informative . . . An utterly complete rendering of a way of life.” Gail Godwin, author of Queen of the Underworld

A beautifully crafted novel, remarkably visual and evocative. The characters are caught in stunning images and tableaux that convey the essence of their natures, the sweep of their emotions.” The Washington Post

The Shooting Party is a lovely piece of writing, in which subtlety, irony, and close observation abound.” Larry McMurtry