'I think it was during one of my visits to him at his mother's house in Kensington that he started to plan his second novel, "The Memorial". I remember him striding about his room in the excitement of working out the plot, while every now and then I interjected my suggestions just as I had done when he'd been planning "Seascape with Figures" during our holiday on the Sicily Isles. I shall never forget his trick of crooking a forefinger and briefly biting it whenever an especially promising idea came to him.' This beautiful ...
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'I think it was during one of my visits to him at his mother's house in Kensington that he started to plan his second novel, "The Memorial". I remember him striding about his room in the excitement of working out the plot, while every now and then I interjected my suggestions just as I had done when he'd been planning "Seascape with Figures" during our holiday on the Sicily Isles. I shall never forget his trick of crooking a forefinger and briefly biting it whenever an especially promising idea came to him.' This beautiful letter-press printed book is printed on Hambledon cream antique paper by Peter Lloyd at The Holbeche Press, Rugby. The wrapper is a Curwen pattern paper, designed by Paul Nash c.1926. The edition is limited to two-hundred numbered copies, signed by Edward Upward.
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Add this copy of Christopher Isherwood to cart. $150.00, very good condition, Sold by Book Alley rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pasadena, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Enitharmon Press.
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Very good. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION; this copy is #66/200 signed by Upward on colophon; book is in FINE condition; no markings to text. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore.
