Buy this book on-line Charles Morgan : The Empty RoomMacmillan, 1941
1941 HArdback BOOK in soft red leather covers, slightly bumped to corners, faded & rubbed to spine. In a protective card slipcase. PAGES clean, flat & tightly bound. Book Extract; PART ONEon the last Saturday in November, the thirdmonth of the war, Richard Cannock per-formed, on a woman's eye, a bold and subtleoperation that gave him the satisfaction a writer mayhave in a flawless paragraph. He went in for luncheonto the Garrick Club and seated himself at the longtable. On his left was an actor of seniority and dis-tinction to whom, as to most others, the stage wasnow closed ; on his right, Copley Deedes, a surgeonyounger than himself by three or four years, youngenough to have missed the last war.Silent by habit, Cannock, after a nod to each ofthem, ordered his meal and looked round the room.The best pictures were gone " to a place of safety,"only their empty frames hung on the walls, and hethought : there's a compensating adventure in anempty frame - you can imagine a masterpiece foryourself; but he regretted the Zofianys, and par-ticularly the one that had always hung over thefireplace, the most beautiful Zoffany in the world.He spoke to the actor of this, for he couldnot speak of the theatre, which both loved and, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Charles Morgan : The Empty Room. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, out of print books, atlases, rare books and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |