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MRS. AMES
by E.F. Benson; (Stephen Pile, Introduction)
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0701219033
- ISBN 13
- 9780701219031
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
London, UK: Hogarth Press, 1984. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW w/faint margin discoloration. Soft cover/NF; showing trace shelfwear. First published in 1912; this is a 1984 re-issue. Humorous tale beset w/vanity, delusions & passage of time from English novelist Edward Frederic Benson OBE (1867 - 1940, known for his 'Mapp and Lucia' series. Mrs. Ames has long reigned in a world of afternoon teas, cucumber sandwiches & tit-bits of gossip unchallenged in the town of Riseholme. But now her tiara crowns graying locks. And her previously devoted to their garden flowers husband, Major Lyndhurst Percy Ames (a full 10 years her junior) interests have strayed over the fence to Millie's next door! Mrs Ames sets out to re-woo the Major. Her success is both exquisite, inevitable, and a delight to read!
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003541
- Title
- MRS. AMES
- Author
- E.F. Benson; (Stephen Pile, Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0701219033
- ISBN 13
- 9780701219031
- Publisher
- Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 324
- Keywords
- Literature, Fiction, English Edwardian Marriages
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Literary Criticism;
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- First Edition
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- Shelfwear
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