THE NATURE OF LOVE: THREE SHORT NOVELS

by Bates

$25 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: Michael Joseph, 1953 . Octavo, original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. The prolific Bates was primarily a writer of short stories and in this field he was highly regarded by David Garnett and Graham Greene, among others. His style has been traced to the influence of Conrad and thus of Henry James and Stephen Crane, but his subject matter is definitely British, concentrating on the lives

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