THE MORTAL SIN OF FATHER GROSSARD.
Sydney, Published by Angus & Robertson, 1953. First Edition. Illustrated by Bonar Dunlop. Small 8vo. pp.viii + 143. Original yellow cloth with black titling and illustrations on boards
In original price clipped chipped and marked dust wrapper.
Signed inscription from Eric Baume on endpaper
Eric Baume was a war correspondent in France in 1939 with the first British Expeditionary Force .After the war as a foreign correspondent he got to know the Dordogne. Item #195631
A blend of sentiment & gaiety make this sparkling story of an American in France both moving and amusing. It concerns Malvina Smith a lonely middle-aged spinster who is guilty of a grave deception. For when a friend Louise Hines dies leaving her legacy she adopts the name and identity of her friend and sets off to France to visit the grave of Louise's soldier son Byron.
Price: $35.00