{"product_id":"moira-julian-green-1st-edition","title":"Moira, Julian Green — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication:\u003c\/strong\u003e London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1951\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8vo, pp. [iv], 234.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good. The publisher's original red cloth boards remain notably bright and rigid, with sharp corners and unrubbed gilt lettering to the spine that exhibits minimal oxidation. The binding is tight and square, free from any lean, with hinges fully intact. Internally, the pages are clean and largely free of foxing, though exhibiting standard, mild age-toning typical of the paper stock of this era. The vibrant red top-stain to the upper text block remains rich and unfaded. The original dust jacket, retaining its original '10s 6d' price to the front flap, shows minor signs of shelf-wear, predominantly manifesting as slight rubbing and a few minuscule nicks to the spine extremities and corners, alongside gentle surface wear to the striking two-tone panels, yet it remains remarkably complete and visually arresting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a true UK First Edition, First Printing of Julian Green's acclaimed novel Moira, translated from the original French by Denise Folliot. The title page lists the publisher as William Heinemann Ltd of London, Melbourne, and Toronto, with the copyright page confirming the 1951 first publication date and its printing at The Windmill Press in Kingswood, Surrey. The book presents in a standard publisher's cloth binding. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopies of this early post-war Heinemann edition retaining their fragile, unclipped dust jackets in such well-preserved states are increasingly scarce on the open market, making this an excellent addition to a collection of mid-century European literature in translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet against the humid, suffocating backdrop of an American university in the 1920s, Moira is a darkly psychological exploration of repressed desire and religious fervor. The narrative follows Joseph Day, an austere and puritanical student whose rigid moral compass is violently upended by his obsessive, terrifying attraction to a young woman named Moira. Written by the acclaimed bilingual author Julian Green—the first non-French national to be elected to the Académie Française—the novel is a masterful, tension-filled tragedy that delves into the destructive collision of flesh and spirit, culminating in an inevitable and shattering climax.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55267473588563,"sku":"6019","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261007_134645.jpg?v=1791475296","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/moira-julian-green-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}