SOME PEOPLE - 'MEMOIRS' BY.
by NICOLSON**, HAROLD:
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG+./No dw/dj,p/back as issued.
- Seller
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About This Item
Described hard but fairly and honestly,owing to age and scarcity.
Ostensibly a series of portraits in prose,the book accompanies him from school and Oxford,along his early career as a young diplomat in the golden age of three decades ago; but while he appears as the narrator of each episode and introduces many well-known people by name,other figures are largely fictional.The settings range from England and France to Turkey and the Middle East.
The subjects of his nine character-studies include Miss Plimsoll the governess,J.D. Marstock the perpetual schoolboy,Professor Malone the 'know-all' foreign correspondent,"Titty" the diplomatic failure,Miriam Codd the American globe-trotter,and Arketall,the tipsy,bowler-hatted valet who accompanied Lord Curzon to an international Conference at Lausanne.All are deliciously portrayed with fine balance and sharp- edged humour.Short stories mostly of diplomatic life, considered Nicolson's finest work,the story based on Firbank (Lambert Orme) being particularly memorable. An important and EARLY,scarce title for addition to any PAN books enthusiast's/collector's shelf,and especially for a newcomer to the genre.[** N.B. includes a contemporaneous(?) private/personal(?) addition of decorative design paper protective cover,assumed from the period of publication - unsure if from publisher; as lacking any text,so no mention of the book,price,nor publisher.This wrapper has no doubt protected the p/b in it's lifetime thus far?]
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** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja929521
- Title
- SOME PEOPLE - 'MEMOIRS' BY.
- Author
- NICOLSON**, HAROLD:
- Illustrator
- Color cover artwork - uncredited.
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+.
- Jacket Condition
- No dw/dj,p/back as issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- LONDON.PAN BOOKS LTD.,1947. [Unnumbered but No. 8.]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- q52.BIOGRAPHY.uk,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn.No ISBN.Harold Nicolson_biography_memoirs_Diplomatic Service_Foreign Office_Peace Conference,1919.Minstry of Inromation.Peacemaking 1919.Congress of Vienna.PAN Books Ltd.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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