Bowen's Court

by Elizabeth Bowen

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942

First American Edition (stated)

First Printing

Hardcover. 458 pages. Illustrated with 8 b&w plates.

Good+ in very good, unclipped ($3.50) dust jacket.

Pages evenly toned. Foxing to plates with offsetting to several pages. Hinges sound. Binding firm & square. Covers have soiling to boards & at head of spine; mild rubbing to corners & along edges. Dust jacket has a bit of loss along top edge of front panel & head of spine; light wear & rubbing along edges with several small edges tears; fading to spine, but titles remain readable; toning to edges of rear panel & rear flap fold. DJ comes protected by new, archival cover.

An attractive, solid & attractive copy of this history of Ireland told by Bowen through the chronicle of her own family's history.

Ships well-packed in a box.