London: Chatto & Windus, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition First printing. Book is tight and clean with a very slight lean. Boards sharp and clean, gilt perfect. feels gently read. Text block lovely and clean, near fine condition. Price clipped jacket has some very light handling wear. Overall near fine. For grading accuracy Books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A very nice example of this first edition first printing book, the first English edition of this title that is a prequel to Suite Francaise and was original published in French in 1957, uncommon especially in this condition.

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IRÈNE NÉMIROVSKY was born in Kiev in 1903, the daughter of a successful Jewish banker. In 1918 her family fled the Russian Revolution for France where she became a bestselling novelist, author of David Golder, Le Bal, The Courilof Affair, All Our Worldly Goods and other works published in her lifetime or soon after, such as the posthumously published Suite Française and Fire in the Blood. The Dogs and the Wolves , now appearing for the first time in English, was published in France in spring 1940, just months before France fell to the Nazis. She was prevented from publishing when the Germans occupied France and moved with her husband and two small daughters from Paris to the safety of the small village of Issy-l'Evêque (in German occupied territory). It was here that Irène began writing Suite Française . She died in Auschwitz in 1942.

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Bookseller: Durdles Books (IOBA) (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006719
Title: The Fires of Autumn
Author: Nemirovsky, Irene
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 0701186593
ISBN 13: 9780701186593
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2014
Pages: 240
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Bookseller catalogs: General Fiction;
X weight: 600 g

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