The Pumpkin Eater
by Mortimer, Penelope
Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999) was born Penelope Ruth Fletcher in North Wales, the younger of two children of an Anglican clergyman father and his wife. The family moved often, and Penelope was educated at half a dozen institutions before spending a year at the University of London. In 1937 she married the journalist Charles Dimont, with whom she had two daughters. Two more daughters by two different men would follow before, in 1949, she divorced Dimont and married the barrister, novelist, and playwright John Mortimer, with whom she had another daughter and her only son. The Mortimers were celebrated as “the last word in marital chic,” but the marriage was tumultuous and the couple divorced in 1972. In addition to The Pumpkin Eater (1962), made into a 1964 film from a screenplay by Harold Pinter and starring Anne Bancroft and Peter Finch, Mortimer published several other novels, including Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting (1958), Long Distance (1974), and The Handyman (1983); a travel book co-authored with John Mortimer, With Love and Lizards (1957); and a biography of the Queen Mother. She also served as a film critic for the London Observer and was a regular contributor of short stories to The New Yorker. The first volume of her autobiography About Time (1979) was awarded the Whitbread Prize and was followed by About Time Too (1993). Daphne Merkin is the author of Enchantment, a novel and Dreaming of Hitler, a collection of essays. Her cultural criticism has appeared in a range of publications, including Vogue and The American Scholar, and has been widely anthologized. She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker, and is currently a contributing writer at Elle and The New York Times Magazine. She lives in New York City, where she teaches writing, and is at work on a memoir, Melancholy Baby.
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The Pumpkin Eater
by MORTIMER, Penelope; [SIMS, Jeannie]
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London: Hutchinson, 1962. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, Sims' working copy. 8vo. Original grey linen, spine lettered in gilt. Spine gently sunned, scatter of white flecks to upper board, scuffing and a dint to leading edge. "Jeanne Sims" in blue biro to ffep, pencil scoring and underlining throughout, predominately for sections of dialogue, a few fingerprints and spots,… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Mortimer, Penelope
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Plainfield, Vermont: Daughters, Inc, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. Sharp, clean copy. No creases, marks, writing. Appears unread. Copyright 1962, first Daughters, Inc. printing 1975. no other printings indicated.. Item Price
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THE PUMPKIN EATER
by Mortimer, Penelope [cover design by Loretta Li]
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Plainfield: Daughters Inc [1975]. Good. 1975. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 0913780111 . First edition thus. "This book deals with several dimension of the female experience, such as learning about life through women's magazines, male brutality, and the importance of children as a means of gaining an identity...". 222 pages. Spine cocked VG copy [creasing] further marred… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pumpkin Eater (New York Review Books Classics)
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Penguin, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. 157 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
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Plainfield, VT: Daughters, Inc., 1962. 1975 1st thus . Soft cover. Very Good+. ISBN: 0-913780-11-1. Blurbs: Elizabeth Janeway, Doris Grumbach.Markered-out name FEP, inked name at back. Loretta Li cover. very good+, trade paper, pict. orange/black covers. Tight 222 pgs
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Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. First Edition Thus. 157 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item Item Price
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Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. Published in Penguin Books. 158 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light… Read more about this item Item Price
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Penguin, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. Reprinted. 157 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
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Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. Reprint. 157 pages. Paperback book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
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Penguin Books; Hutchinson, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. Reprint. 158 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hutchinson, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1962. First Edition. 222 pages. White jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pumpkin Eater
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McGraw Hill, 1962. Hardcover. Fair Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . Third printing. Ex-library with typical marks, lean to the spine; pages have some discoloring, a few stained edges; a good solid book. The dust jacket has some creasing and discoloring; wrapped; glued inside the covers. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 191424.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pumpkin Eater.
by MORTIMER, Penelope.
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NY:: McGraw-Hill Book Company,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine (upper corner of front flap is clipped) dust jacket. . Item Price
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The Pumpkin Eater
by Penelope Mortimer
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Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. First Edition Thus. 157 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pumpkin Eater
by Penelope Mortimer
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Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. First Edition Thus. 158 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pumpkin Eater
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Hutchinson, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1962. Third Impression. 222 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over grey cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The pumpkin eater.
by Mortimer, Penelope
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- 1975
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Daughters, Inc, 1975. Soft cover. New. Stored new pristine condition sanitized then wrapped
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