Seven Tales and Alexander
1929, a first edition of an early H E Bates collection
Author
H E Bates
Publisher
The Scholartis Press, London, 1929
Printing Details
First edition. Hardback, quarter cloth. 23 × 14.5cm, 167pp
A collection of seven short stories and one novella, Alexander, in an early title from H E Bates. In Alexander, a young boy travels with his uncle by horse and cart to the garden of an eccentric old lady, where each year they pick fruit. The boy becomes enamoured with a young girl, meets a darkly cunning and cynical poacher, picks a forbidden apricot as a gift for the girl, and is consequently thrust into first reflections on pleasure, pain, and life itself.
Condition
A good reading copy. The covers are rather dull, stained and rubbed, there is some tanning to the prelims and page edges but the main body of text is clean enough and remaining in strong readable condition.
Price
£15.00
