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TREMAIN**, ROSE: : The Swimming Pool Season

LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON LTD.,1985.

ISBN 0241114969.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/ FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour photograph detail of Lascaux cave painting,to front panel of dw/dj with black outlined-yellow + other black lettering,black spine with yellow letters, rear panel white with black lettered critics' reviews of her previous 4 titles; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.All edges ubiquitously aged/toned - common with this title,quality of paper stock used - top+fore- edges with sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents clean,tight,solid with page-edge toning but no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appearing unread apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine /backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,includes 1-4 sections/parts; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table and individual section/parts separator pages and 6pp blanks at the rear. Author's 5th title. Want more Rose TREMAIN titles? For similar and other available titles,please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogue. A masterly novel,in which Tremain dextrously manoeuvres a large cast of characters between sleepy rural France and sophisticated North Oxford. 'The Swimming Pool' is a feast of riches. Whether she's writing about peasants or painters,petty thieves or eccentric academics,Rose Tremain's touch is deft and ironic and her observations of human nature are funny and true.'The Swimming Pool' is a celebration of love in its many guises. Readers will come intimately to know the characters and will turn the pages with mounting absorption to find out - as autumn deepens into winter - what becomes of each of them. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free.This item offered P+p FREE,available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.