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First American edition with a stated first edition. Price still on dust jacket.
Rough cut leading edges, very common in American books. The pages are also cut strangely as some are shorter than others throughout the book. Pastedowns are a little grubby. Age tanning to pages. Bumped at head and tail of book spine and minor bump to corners of boards. The titles on the front board and spine are still bright (orange coloured) and clear.
The dust jacket, which is a little fragile, has some minor loss to the head and tail of the book spine and at the top of the rear flap. It is scuffed along the edges and the rear panel is extremely grubby.
SYNOPSIS: “At the turn of this century Harriet Morphew, fifty odd, is the head mistress of the Southern Female Academy. People in the sleepy little town of Morrisville think of her as the acme of gentility. To her school come the socially elect. No one dreams of her secret – half-bitter, half-sweet – which Harriet keeps hidden in her heart. No one can possibly foresee how another’s knowledge of that secret is to bring sorrow and ruin to her family.”
Packed weight 730gms. IN STOCK READY FOR DEPATCH
