Time to be in Earnest - A Fragment of Biography by James, P.D - 1999

London: Faber and Faber, 1999. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. xiv + 281 pages. ' My motive is to record just one year that otherwise might be lost, not only to children and grandchildren but....lost also to me. It will inevitably catch on the threads of memory as burrs stick to a coat, so that this will be a partial autobiography and a defence against those who...announce that they have been commissioned to write my biography...If those who enjoy my work are interested in what it was like to be born two years after the end of the First World War and to live for 78 years in this tumultuous century there will be some record, however inadequate.' (From the prologue.). L. First. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.