A Game Of Hide and Seek
by Taylor, Elizabeth
ELIZABETH TAYLOR (1912–1975) was born into a middle-class family in Berkshire, England. She held a variety of positions, including librarian and governess, before marrying a businessman in 1936. Nine years later, her first novel, At Mrs. Lippincote’s, appeared. She would go on to publisheleven more novels, including Angel (available as an NYRB Classic), four collections of short stories (many of which originally appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and other magazines), and a children’s book, Mossy Trotter, while living with her husband and two children in Buckinghamshire. Long championed by Ivy Compton-Burnett, Barbara Pym, Robert Liddell, Kingsley Amis, and Elizabeth Jane Howard, Taylor’s novels and stories have been the basis for a number of films, including Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005), starring Joan Plowright, and François Ozon’s Angel (2007). In 2013 NYRB Classics will publish a new selection of Taylor’s short stories.CALEB CRAIN is the author of American Sympathy, a study of friendship between men in early American literature. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and n+1. His novel Necessary Errors will be published in 2013.
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A GAME OF HIDE-AND-SEEK
by Taylor, Elizabeth
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First US Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 312 pages; VG-/VG-; spine age-toned blue, with green and red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; small chips missing at corners of flap folds; small chips missing at flap folds; small closed tears at upper edge of jacket front;… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Game Of Hide And Seek
by Elizabeth Taylor
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Paperback / softback. New. An intelligent, haunting love story, with echoes of Brief Encounter, by one of the best British writers of the 20th century. Item Price
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A Game of Hide and Seek
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London: The Book Club, 1951 Copy in pink cloth on boards in clipped D/J. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Jacket a little grubby. Slight cracks in front and rear hinges. Free of inscriptions. Clean text. Item Price
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A Game of Hide and Seek (Virago Modern Classics)
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Peter Davies, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. First Edition. 260 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Faint brown marking to a few pages, text is not affected. Slight cracking to front hinge. Previous owner's pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight dark… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peter Davies, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. First Edition. 260 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Mild cracking to gutters, with exposed binding. Sticker and pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Droplet to upper text block edge. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable… Read more about this item Item Price
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A GAME OF HIDE-AND- SEEK
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A Game of Hide and Seek
by Elizabeth Taylor
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Penguin Publishing Group, 1986. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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A Game of Hide and Seek.
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Peter Davies, London., 1951. First edition. Octavo. pp [iv], 260. A novel.Contemporary (1951) ownership signature on front free endpaper. Small Johannesburg bookseller's ticket on front pastedown. Slight fading to head and tail of spine. Very good in very good dustwrapper slightly marked at tail of spine and with several small chips and nicks. Scarce. Item Price
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Spinning and Weaving: A Practical Guide
by Hobden, Eileen
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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1985* Publisher: Bishopsgate Press Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated limp textured card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Spine somewhat faded. Seems lightly-used. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY.… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Game of Hide and Seek
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New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The, 2012. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Game of Hide and Seek
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London: The Book Club, 1951. . Reprint. Hardback, no dustwrapper. Red boards, black spine lettering. Contents: page edges browning, otherwise good and clean. Owner;s book-plate fep. Boards; spine a little faded and spotted/marked. Otherwise a tight reading copy. Item Price
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