{"product_id":"mitford-nancy-the-blessing","title":"MITFORD, Nancy. The Blessing.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMITFORD, Nancy.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Blessing. \u003ci\u003eLondon: Hamish Hamilton\u003c\/i\u003e. 1951.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8vo. Publisher’s dark blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust jacked designed by Cecil Beaton with the printed price of 10s. 6d. to front flap; pp. 270, [2 (blank)]; tape mark to front free endpaper, some spotting to top edge and a couple of spots to fore edge, slight wear to jacket at crown, but otherwise extremely bright; near fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition, first impression.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Paris after the Second World War, Grace Allingham (“a typical English woman” \u003ci\u003eblurb\u003c\/i\u003e) is struggling in her married life. Her troubles are not helped by her son, Sigi, “the blessing” of the title. Sigi is constantly plotting against his parents in a bid for their attention, and to keep them at odds with each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wonderful dust-jacket is designed by Cecil Beaton, a close friend of the author. A lovely copy, with an unusually vibrant example of the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2124647\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sotherans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56881667604857,"sku":"2124647","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2124647.jpg?v=1774025646","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/mitford-nancy-the-blessing","provider":"Sotherans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}