(London: Macmillan, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. A few pages and text block edges lightly foxed, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, very good in a very good dust jacket with a small slice on the faintly sunned spine and light edgewear. A novel.

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Quartet in Autumn is a novel by Barbara Pym, first published in 1977 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was Pym's comeback novel after fifteen years of publishing rejections, following a successful record as a novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s. As a novel, it represents a departure from her earlier excursions into light comedy, being the story of four office workers on the verge of retirement.

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 574499
Title: Quartet in Autumn
Author: PYM, Barbara
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0333227786
ISBN 13: 9780333227787
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: (London
Date Published: 1978
Keywords: EnglishLiterature

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