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Richard Hughes – The Fox In The Attic – First Edition 1961
£35.00
A first edition, first printing of The Fox in the Attic by Richard Hughes, published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1961. A near fine book with previous owner’s bookplate to the front free end paper, toning to the text block, ghosting to preliminaries and rear paste down. In a near fine unclipped wrapper, chipping to spine tips and knuckles of front and rear flap folds, fading to the spine, toning to rear panel. Wrapper design by John Woodcock. With Chatto and Windus promotional bookmark and newspaper clipping from Western Mail, Saturday, March 31, 1973 relating to Hughes.
The Fox in the Attic by Richard Hughes is the first novel in his unfinished The Human Predicament series. Blending history and fiction, it follows Augustine, a young Welsh aristocrat wrongly suspected of murder, who seeks refuge in Bavaria after World War I. There, his life intertwines with rising political forces, including Adolf Hitler’s early ascent. Through rich prose and shifting perspectives, Hughes explores guilt, innocence and the fragile, ominous transition from personal dramas to global upheaval.
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A first edition, first printing of The Fox in the Attic by Richard Hughes, published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1961. A near fine book with previous owner’s bookplate to the front free end paper, toning to the text block, ghosting to preliminaries and rear paste down. In a near fine unclipped wrapper, chipping to spine tips and knuckles of front and rear flap folds, fading to the spine, toning to rear panel. Wrapper design by John Woodcock. With Chatto and Windus promotional bookmark and newspaper clipping from Western Mail, Saturday, March 31, 1973 relating to Hughes.
The Fox in the Attic by Richard Hughes is the first novel in his unfinished The Human Predicament series. Blending history and fiction, it follows Augustine, a young Welsh aristocrat wrongly suspected of murder, who seeks refuge in Bavaria after World War I. There, his life intertwines with rising political forces, including Adolf Hitler’s early ascent. Through rich prose and shifting perspectives, Hughes explores guilt, innocence and the fragile, ominous transition from personal dramas to global upheaval.
