Harmondsworth: Penguin/Hamish Hamilton, 1973. A near fine copy in bright glossy and clean card wraps.Covers show very light shelf wear. Better than near fine condition.Printed on heavy calender stock for superb illustrations.. First Thus. Large Format Softcover. Near Fine in Wraps. Illus. by Picture Research By Joy Law. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Nancy Mitford (1904–1973) was born into the British aristocracy and, by her own account, brought up without an education, except in riding and French. She managed a London bookshop during the Second World War, then moved to Paris, where she began to write her celebrated and successful novels, among them The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate , about the foibles of the English upper class. Mitford was also the author of four biographies: Madame de Pompadour (1954), Voltaire in Love (1957), The Sun King (1966), and Frederick the Great (1970)—all available as NYRB classics. In 1967 Mitford moved from Paris to Versailles, where she lived until her death from Hodgkin’s disease. Liesl Schillinger is a journalist, critic, and translator. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times Book Review and has written on literature, culture, theater, politics, and travel for many publications, including The New York Times , The New Yorker , The Daily Beast , and The Independent on Sunday . Among her translations are The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas ( fils ) and Every Day, Every Hour by Nataša Dragnić. Her illustrated book of neologisms, Wordbirds , will be published in October 2013.

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Bookseller: Mulberry Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 901409
Title: Frederick the Great
Author: Nancy Mitford
Illustrator: Picture Research By Joy Law
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Wraps
Edition: First Thus
ISBN 10: 0140036539
ISBN 13: 9780140036534
Publisher: Penguin/Hamish Hamilton
Place of Publication: Harmondsworth
Date Published: 1973
Keywords: No BNBQ Due to Shipping
Bookseller catalogs: Art; History;
Size: 4to

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