DAMES' DELIGHT By Margaret Forster. 1st Edition 1964. Very Rare Book

  

"DAMES' DELIGHT" by Margaret Forster is a highly rare sought-after 1st edition dating back to 1964. This was the 1st book she published making it very collectable, she followed up with Georgie Girl then decided she didn't want them published anymore, she changed her mind after a couple of years & then continued to write & publish more becoming a well known & loved Author. This is a paragraph copied from The Guardian after her death.

After two years' teaching, she decided to try again. This new novel was called. A light-hearted romp about a working-class girl at Oxford. Jonathan Cape accepted it, and it did well. For the rest of her life she hated both those novels, and would never talk about them. Has not been in print since 1964, as she refused to let any publisher reprint it. It was hard for her to deny she wrote. As it became a very successful.

But she didn't like talking about that either. Neither was the sort of book she really wanted to write.

Margaret could be a terrible fibber, but I had always believed she had indeed torn up that first novel. The book, pages & d/j are very clean & in good condition for it's age with no foxing. There are a few nicks to the d/j edges but overall the colour & condition are very good.

There are no inscriptions or marks to the pages the only fault is that a small section of the pages are coming away from the spine but an easy fix. Anyone who adds this book to their collection will be very pleased with it & lucky.