THE DAY OF THE TORTOISE

by Bates

$25 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: Michael Joseph, 1961 . Octavo, small illustrations in the text by Peter Farmer, original green boards, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. A poignant novella about a middle-aged bachelor who lives with his three elderly and crazy sisters and a horde of pets in a shabby Edwardian house, and a young girl from the local dairy who surreptitiously sleeps in the attic. The author's stories appeared

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