Die Vollkommene Lady (The Perfect Lady)
Margery Sharp
Hard cover
1949 Reprint of the original 1939 German issue
German language
258 pages
Fair condition, there is considerable yellowing to the hardcover and pages but NO page damage (tears etc) and no spine damage
Writing inside front page ONLY...
Price 60c
Handwritten personal message, in German using a blue fountain ink pen - dated 1950
Stamp on the lower left corner, Berkelouw Book Dealers Sydney
Careful examination of the pages shows there is NO other personalised writing at all
English author Margery Sharp wrote this story in 1937, originally titled The Nutmeg Tree and then released it in Berlin 1939.
In short, this is a very character driven story...set in 1930s France, Margery Sharp’s witty, warm-hearted novel tells the story of a free-spirited mother who is reunited with her very "prim and proper" daughter after sixteen years apart, when her daughter asks her to "inspect" her fiancé. This is a very human character style of story, full of serious introspection amid the subtle 1930's humour, some of the slang used can be a challenge. The characters are soul searching, learning and finally acknowledging the truth about themselves.
Adapted into a Broadway play called The Forbidden Street
This book is in fair visual condition, physically it is fine but showing its age of 70 years!
No-one here is fluent in German so we have placed the book in sealed plastic and stored in a dark area in the reading room, to reduce any further damage due to light.
Yes, "she" is getting old, tired looking but she has a great story to tell ...
