Rose Aubrey is one of a family of four children. Their father, Piers, is the disgraced son of an Irish landowning family, a violent, noble and quite unscrupulous leader of popular causes. His Scottish wife, Clare, is an artist, a tower of strength, fanatically devoted to a musical future for her daughters. This is the story of their life in south London, a life threatened by Piers's streak of tragic folly which keeps them on the verge of financial ruin and social disgrace . . . 'A book bursting with love and vitality' ...
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Rose Aubrey is one of a family of four children. Their father, Piers, is the disgraced son of an Irish landowning family, a violent, noble and quite unscrupulous leader of popular causes. His Scottish wife, Clare, is an artist, a tower of strength, fanatically devoted to a musical future for her daughters. This is the story of their life in south London, a life threatened by Piers's streak of tragic folly which keeps them on the verge of financial ruin and social disgrace . . . 'A book bursting with love and vitality' DAILY EXPRESS
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Add this copy of The Fountain Overflows (Virago Modern Classics) to cart. $4.99, good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1984 by Virago Press Ltd.
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Add this copy of The Fountain Overflows to cart. $13.51, very good condition, Sold by Cornell Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tewkesbury, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1957 by London: Macmillan & co, 1957.
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First edition (ie first impression), hardback. 8vo (22cm by 15cm), v, 392pp. Original red cloth, dustwrapper. The endpapers are tanned, and there is a short ownership inscription; otherwise, the book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good minus condition (edges chipped and torn with some loss, price-clipped). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. The Amazon website allocates this book ISBN 0333052943.
Add this copy of The Fountain Overflows to cart. $20.16, good condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 1956 by Viking.
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Good. 1956. Hardcover. In original cloth covers showing some shelf wear. Water staining to boards and top edge of pages. Previous owner's name to FFEP. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a good copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of The Fountain Overflows (New York Review Books Classics) to cart. $52.24, fair condition, Sold by SELL BOOKS LTD rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2002 by New York Review of Books.
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Fair. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for.
Add this copy of The Fountain Overflows to cart. $10.16, good condition, Sold by Démons & Merveilles rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Joinville, GRAND EST, FRANCE, published 1957 by Macmillan.
Add this copy of The Fountain Overflows to cart. $16.10, very good condition, Sold by The Guru Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1957 by Macmillan.
Add this copy of The Fountain Overflows to cart. $31.00, very good condition, Sold by The Book House - Saint Louis rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from St. Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by New York Review Books (NYRB).
Add this copy of The Fountain Overflows to cart. $33.10, new condition, Sold by Book Culture Inc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by New York Review of Books.
This is by no means a new book, but it has long-lasting interest. The first of a trilogy by Rebecca West, it draws you into the Aubrey family and holds your interest until the end -- and beyond. It's the sort of book you wish wouldn't end, and fortunately there are two more books about the family.
