New York, NY NYRB Classics, 2000. Paperback First Edition Thus (2000), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (2000), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows onlya very mild bump at the head of the backstrip, causing a mild buckle: else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the wrapper covers. Free of any creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a single minor, unobtrusive flaw. Bright and clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5 x 0.95 inches). xiv, 326 pages. Introduction by Hilary Mantel. Language: English. Weight: 12.2 ounces. New York Review Books Classics Series. Trade Paperback. "The Fox in the Attic" is the first volume of a trilogy, "The Human Predicament" Only the first two volumes, The Fox in the Attic (1961) and The Wooden Shepherdess (1973), were complete when he died; twelve chapters, less than 50 pages, of the final volume are now published. In these volumes he delineates the course of European history from the 1920s through World War II, interspersing real characters and events—such as Hitler's escape after the abortive Munich putsch—as well as fictional. 344 pagesPublisher: ; 1st edition (February 28, 2001)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9780940322295ISBN-13: ASIN: 0940322293Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.9 x 8 inchesShipping Weight: 12 ounces

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Richard Hughes (1900-1976) was born in Surrey, England, but his ancestors came from Wales and he considered himself a Welshman. After an early childhood marked by the deaths of two older siblings and his father (his mother then went to work as a magazine journalist), Hughes attended boarding school and, with every expectation of being sent to fight in the First World War, enrolled in the military. Armistice was declared, however, before he could see active service, and Hughes was free to go to Oxford, where he became a star on the university literary scene, with a book of poems in print and a play produced in the West End by the time he graduated in 1922. Hughes’s first novel, A High Wind in Jamaica , came out in 1928 and was a best seller in the United Kingdom and America. In Hazard followed ten years later. Hughes also wrote stories for children and radio plays, but his final major undertaking was the “The Human Predicament”, an ambitious amalgamation of fact and fiction that would track the German and English branches of a single family into the disaster of the Second World War while offering a dramatic depiction of Hitler’s rise to power. The work was planned as a trilogy, but remained incomplete at the time of Hughes’s death. The first volume, The Fox in the Attic , appeared in 1960, to great critical acclaim; volume two, The Wooden Shepherdess , was published in 1973. All of Hughes’s completed novels are available fromNYRB Classics. Hilary Mantel is the author of many novels, including Beyond Black and Wolf Hall.

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Seller: Black Cat Hill Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 52213
Title: The Fox in the Attic.
Author: Richard Hughes
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition Thus (2000), First Printing indicated by a complet
ISBN 10: 0940322293
ISBN 13: 9780940322295
Publisher: NYRB Classics,
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 2000.
Bookseller catalogs: Historical Fiction; English Literature; Fiction: Collectible Paperbacks; British Contemporary Fiction; Modern Fiction First Editions;
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