Miss Bunting

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); gray cloth-covered boards blind stamped on the cover and titled in gilt on spine; yellow topstain; light sunning to spine; spine ends gently nudged; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50 net) with toning, mostly to the spine and flaps; nicks and short tears to the extremities; Very Good.

The 14th entry in the Barsetshire Chronicles- "Miss Bunting...is a governess with the manners and the social wisdom of a queen, and around her are any number of delightful people, almost all of them merry but even the rest managing somehow to live engagingly." (from the dustjacket).