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The Love Eaters
London, Heinemann, (1954). The uncorrected proof copy of the true first edition of her first novel, published in England prior to being issued in the U.S., despite her being an American writer. Settle is the author of the highly-acclaimed Beulah quintet, which is considered one of the finest sets of American historical novels ever written, and she also won the National Book Award for her novel Blood Ties. A very fragile proof, retaining wartime production standards: the front cover is printed on the verso of a Richard Aldington cover, a not-uncommon cost-saving phenomenon in post-war British publishing. Cocked, with small chip to upper rear corner; spine-tanned and covers beginning to separate there. Reviewer name (noted author and critic Oswell Blakeston) and address front cover. All told, a very good copy struggling to remain so. Rare. The first edition itself is scarce; we've never seen another proof copy. [#026391] SOLD

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