The Joyful Delaneys: A Novel by Hugh Walpole (HQ157)

Published 1938: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition

Original green decorated cloth with gilt titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 464 + very clean and bright pages. Boards slightly rubbed and faded with time consistent with age. The dust jacket is rubbed with time and chipped along the edges consistent with age but remains intact. (HQ157)

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Written by Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, an English novelist noted for his skill at scene-setting and vivid plots, as well as his high profile lecturer. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s.

The Joyful Delaneys, 1938. When Fred Delaney wished his lodger, Patrick Munden, revolutionary poet, a Happy New Year, he felt the year ahead held little promise. He had his own cheerful family with him under one roof, but what would they do if the house had to go finally, after one hundred and fifty years? {Google Books}