A Woman in Exile
by Vachell, Horace Annesley
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Good. 1927. 4th printing. Hardcover. NOISBN . (no dust jacket) [moderately shelfworn, binding intact but spine slightly turned, tiny rip in cloth at crown of spine, a bit of fraying at both spine ends; gorgeous vintage custom bookplate (for "Samuels") on ffep, vintage bookseller's label (Newbegin's, San Francisco) on rear pastedown]. Novel about "a marriage between a wealthy Californian and an English girl based on mutual love but nevertheless threatened by the girl's continuing difficulties of adjusting to a life of exhile in California." (Baird & Greenwood 2465). The book was praised by the New York Times reviewer for its "honesty, intelligence, and power of understanding." The author was English-born, but had lived in California (where he'd been involved in land speculation) during the 1880s and 1890s, and drew on that experience for a number of novels (he wrote over fifty, as well as numerous plays, short stories, and essays). .
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- Bookseller
- ReadInk (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21282
- Title
- A Woman in Exile
- Author
- Vachell, Horace Annesley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 4th printing
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- NOISBN, California, Marriage, Fiction: Vintage
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