[Dance to the Music of Time] The Acceptance World [First Issue]

London: William Heinemann, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine-. First Impression of the third installment of Powell's monumental 12-volume literary landmark. Small 8vo: [8],214pp. Publisher's red cloth, spine stamped in gilt within black title block; first-issue (with wide flaps) Broom-Lynne dust jacket, priced 12s/6d. Fine, tight, and square (and probably unread), wih dusty top edge and minor bump of tail of spine, neat owner inscription to front end-paper; about Fine jacket, very discretly restored to head of spine panel (involving neither lettering nor design), else without flaw. Elusive in this condition. Lilley A.11a. Time 100. "Beginning in the 1920 s, A Dance to the Music of Time follows the lives of a group of English friends and acquaintances as they make their various ways through life: meeting and parting, succeeding and failing, loving and hating, living and dying. There is ample room for both comedy and tragedy in this capacious, large-hearted work, but Powell's real triumph is the way he catches the rhythm of fate itself, the way it brings people together, only to spin them apart, then reunite them later as near-strangers, transformed in unexpected ways by the intervening years." (Time 100) Note: With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.