first edition Hardcover
1958 · London
by MALLET-JORIS, Francoise
London: W.H. Allen, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Translated from French by Herma Briffault. Fine, with slight bumping to the corners of the boards and faint offsetting to the endpapers, in a near fine dustwrapper with minor chipping to the spine and short tears to both the front and back panel. A novel of the last battle of an old brewer who seeks to win ascendancy over his illegitimate daughter, to whom he plans to leave all of his wealth, which is coveted by his hideously ignoble family. (Inventory #: 81234)