Scenes from Married Life, William Cooper — 1st Edition

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Scenes from Married Life, William Cooper — 1st Edition

Name: Scenes from Married Life, William Cooper — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6080
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Publication: London, Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1961

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [vi], 250.

Condition Report: Very Good. The original red cloth binding remains firm, square, and structurally sound, with the gilt titling to the spine still bright and entirely legible. There is minimal bumping to the spine extremities and sharp, unrubbed corners. Internally, the text block is clean and tightly bound. The original unclipped dust wrapper (priced '16s net') is well-preserved, retaining its bold, geometric front-panel colours without notable fading; it exhibits only light edge-wear and minor rubbing to the spine ends, and is now smartly housed within a protective clear sleeve.

Catalogue Note: First edition, first impression, featuring the 1961 copyright date with no indication of later printings. This copy retains the 'Book Society Choice' banner printed on the upper front panel and front flap of the dust wrapper. The title page verso bears the printed dedication 'To My Wife'.

While this title is common on the open market, finding copies that retain an unclipped dust wrapper in such bright, unsunned condition is increasingly desirable for collectors of mid-century British literary fiction.

A witty and perceptive comedy of manners, Scenes from Married Life continues the semi-autobiographical adventures of Joe Lunn. Now settled as a civil servant and moderately successful novelist in London, the resolutely bachelor Joe finds himself reluctantly, yet inevitably, drawn toward the respectable institution of marriage. Cooper’s sharply observed narrative captures the compromises, absurdities, and quiet triumphs of middle-age and domesticity, delivering a novel that is both warmly humorous and touchingly truthful.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: William Cooper

Book Publisher: Macmillan & Co Ltd

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Humour Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 250

Book Publication Year: 1961

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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