The Garden Party by Mansfield, Katherine - 1922-01-01

HARDBACK, "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st?* Imp: 3rd.* Date of Publication: 1922?* Publisher: Random House for The Modern Library.* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, gilt titles on decorated black simulated labels to spine & face. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Patterned end papers. Top edge coloured (black). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight age to fore & lower-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 255 pp. text. x pp. list of titles at rear.* Description: An absolute treasure trove of short stories. The social observations are sharp, especially regarding the tragedy of the human condition. These are vignettes of people and social ways closely observed, their moods as fleeting as the clouds that pass over their heads, mansfield's language and references can seem dated, for example when mentioning class issues of her time, but the same can be said of many writers who describe social issues, such as Dickens.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st thus with some minor faults without a dust jacket.*