Summer in Retreat by Edmund Ward (LP150)

Published 1957: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition

Original blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 271 very clean and bright pages, first free page clipped, speckled foxing on the end papers and edges. Dust jacket slightly rubbed with time and chipped along the edges consistent with age but remains intact. (LP150)

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Written by British novelist and screenwriter, Edmund Ward, who wrote for programmes such as Bergerac and The Professionals. 'Summer in Retreat' was Ward's first novel, winning the Author's Club Award for him in 1957.

This novel follows the character of Eames, a painter who left his home seeking fame in London. After five years of hectic city life, Eames returns to his hometown to continue his work in a hopefully calmer space, with varied reactions to his reappearance.

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