In Search of Love and Beauty, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala — 1st Edition

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In Search of Love and Beauty, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala — 1st Edition

Name: In Search of Love and Beauty, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6271
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Publication: London, John Murray, 1983.

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 251.

Condition Report: Near Fine. This copy presents exceptionally well in its original dark red cloth boards, which remain sharp, square, and free from any significant edge wear or bumping. The gilt lettering to the spine is bright and entirely unoxidised. Internally, the text block is sound, tight, and completely unmarked, with only the very faintest hint of age-toning to the page edges, typical of the paper stock used during this period. The original dust jacket is equally impressive, unclipped and displaying vibrant, unfaded colours with virtually no rubbing to the extremities. A superlative, collector-quality example.

Catalogue Note: This is a true First Edition, First Impression, with the copyright page explicitly stating "First published 1983".

The novel followed Jhabvala’s immense success with her Booker Prize-winning work, Heat and Dust, and remains a key title in her mid-career bibliography.

While copies do circulate on the secondary market, finding an example with such an immaculate, unrubbed dust jacket and pristine cloth boards is increasingly uncommon.

Spanning three generations and two continents, In Search of Love and Beauty is a masterful and multi-layered tapestry of human relationships. Following her Booker Prize-winning triumph, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala crafts a profound narrative that explores the restless spiritual and emotional quests of her characters, from European emigres to native New Yorkers, as they intertwine over decades, endlessly seeking meaning, devotion, and the elusive nature of beauty.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Book Publisher: John Murray

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Modern Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 251

Book Publication Year: 1983

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Bath, United Kingdom

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