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Jacob, Naomi "Honour Come Back --"
New York The Macmillan Company 1935 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dj
[lovely copy, tight, square and clean with no discernible wear, attractive vintage bookplate on ffep; jacket has one small closed tear at top of front panel, otherwise just a touch of edgewear here and there and some light soiling to the rear panel]. Story of a young man who, since childhood, has hated the sight of pain, and is considered a coward by his father. "When, despite his loathing of suffering, he is drawn into the War, his taut nerves give way and he becomes obsessed with the conviction that he himself will never be killed, but that he will be kept alive to watch others die around him. Ironically enough the Armistice is declared the day after he deserts from the Army. It is only then that life begins for Michael, and his fear-ridden and sensitive youth retreats into the background before new experiences of great moment -- love and independence as a wage earner in post-War Italy." The British lesbian author Naomi Jacob (1889-1964) had been a teacher, a suffragette, a playwright and an actress, but ultimately achieved her greatest success, beginning in the mid-1920s, as author of some 75 popular novels, plus women's magazine series, advice books and at least one biography. She moved to Italy (where a significant portion of this book is set) in 1930, and at one time reportedly had an unrequited crush on Una Troubridge, longtime companion of Radclyffe Hall. (In Diana Souhami's biography of Hall, Ms. Jacob is described thusly: "She was Jewish, large, wore tweeds and clubbish ties and liked a drink.") She is remembered today best as -- well, actually, she's barely remembered at all.
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150.00 USD
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Jacob, Naomi Barren Metal
New York The Macmillan Company 1937 NOISBN Unstated ed Hardcover Very Good
(no dust jacket) [moderate external wear, a bit of soiling to yellow cloth, two previous owners' names on ffep]. Novel about a family of Jewish immigrants in London, which begins in 1880.
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20.00 USD
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Jacob, Naomi Four Generations
New York Macmillan 1934 First Edition Hardcover Good
(black cloth; no dust jacket) [shelfworn at bottom (cloth worn through at corners), narrow strip of cloth loose at top of spine; possibly ex-library (no stamping, but ffep ripped out and glue residue from removed pocket on front pastedown; previous owner's sticker on front pastedown, previous seller's price in black ink on title page; some damage to front hinge from removed ffep, but binding still OK; reading copy].
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8.00 USD
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Jacob, Naomi Full Meridian
New York The Macmillan Company 1940 1st U.S. edition Hardcover Good in Poor dj
[ex-rental library book with typical markings (mostly lots of stamping on the endpapers); jacket is pretty much a mess, with surface-peeling, heavy edgewear, backed with brown paper, etc., etc., AND the flaps are securely affixed to the book in that special old rental-library manner]. Novel about a "dominating woman, her hard work and successful management of a large department store and her eventual romance," the latter finally clueing her in to the fact that "many of the tragedies and sorrows earlier in her life have been simply the result of her own hardness and ruthlessness."
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15.00 USD
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Jacob, Naomi This Porcelain Clay
New York The Macmillan Company 1939 NO 1st U.S. edition Hardcover Very Good- in Fair dj
(price-clipped) [ex-lending library book, worn but intact, markings confined to pocket on front pastedown and remnants of label on ffep; jacket heavily edgeworn, moderately soiled, top 1-1/2" of spine missing (but not affecting spine text), torn and ragged along top edge (more so to rear panel); see note about wrap-around cover]. "The author of the famous novels of Jewish life, the Claudia and Gollantz books, has this time written the story of a man who was not a Jew, but who pretended to be one because he felt it would be an asset in business." (NOTE that this copy has an interesting "bonus" feature, namely a printed wrap-around paper cover (sort of a dust jacket under the actual dust jacket) that bears the name of the lending library (Ramona Rental Library, Los Angeles) along with ads for a number of local businesses.)
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75.00 USD
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