The Willow Cabin

Frankau, Pamela

Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1949

About this Item

Small 8vo. Hardcover. Pp. 341. First US Edition. In very good condition; cloth binding with rubbing to the spine ends, which are torn and chipped (see photos). Binding remains tight. Corners also lightly bumped, with faint marks and stains to the boards. Without dust-jacket. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked with light foxing. Pen inscription on front end-paper. Pamela Frankau was a popular English novelist from a prominent artistic and literary family. She was abandoned by her novelist father Gilbert Frankau at an early age, and she became a prolific writer. She stopped writing for a decade after the death of her lover, the poet Humbert Wolfe, in 1940. After serving in World War II, she was married for several years to an American naval officer, but returned to England and resumed her writing career. Frankau published The Willow Cabin her most successful novel, in 1949, which was based partly on the experience of her love for Wolfe. Seller Inventory # 036647

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Willow Cabin

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York

Publication Date: 1949

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition