Waiting for the Party. The Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett 1849-1924 by Ann Thwaite - 1974

Secker & Warburg, 1974. Secker & Warburg, 1974, First Edition, 8vo, 274 pages. Book and jacket very good.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Secker, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.

Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1974. First Printing. Hardcover. 0684139898 .

U.S.A.: David R. Godine Publisher, 1991. Paperback. Waiting For the Party. Couple of slight creases to back corner cover. A Little Princes and The Secret Garden are among the enduring classics of children's literature. But few of today's readers are aware that their author, Frances Hodgson Burnett, was one of the most famous literary figures of the Gilded Age. An extraordinary personality, Burnett rose from Tennessee poverty to become an intimate of President Garfield, Henry James, and a host of theatrical luminaries. At times domineering, even brash, she was nonetheless insecure, even at the height of her fame. Her outer life mirrored the theme of her stories, where fortunes change for the better and people invariably triumph over circumstances. She published over fifty successful books and her plays were regularly performed in London and New Yok. Yet she also made headlines for her two failed marriages, endured the death of a son, and, despite her wealth and undeniable literary success,… Read More

Secker & Warburg, 1974. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (torn at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 274, illus with b&w plates (from Elizabeth Jane Howard's library with her inscription and bookstamp on front free endpaper).

London England: Secker & Warburg, 1974. Hardback. First Edition. Waiting For the Party. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. Price clipped to D/J. Most people have heard of Little Lord Fauntleroy, and of The Secret Garden. Yet few people realizethat the same woman wrote both books, twenty-five years apart, and was considered, along with Henry James, as one of the leading writers in America on the strength of the adult novels which made her name in the 1870s and 1880s. Frances Hodgson Burnett's favourite theme in fiction was the reversal of fortune, and she herself knew the extremes of poverty and wealth. Born in Manchester in 1849 ashe emigrated with her family to Tennessee at the close of the Civil War. There she picked wild grapes to pay for the postage on the first stories she hopefully sent off to magazines. She went on to become a friend of President Garfield, of Henry James and Israel Zangwill, and to be admired by Gladstone, to cross the… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0684139898 . Near Fine in a Near Fine price clipped dust jacket. Boards lightly discolored. Top of text block speckled. Jacket has 1/2" stain rear board. ; 9.5 X 6.4 X 1.4 inches; 274 pages .