Half of the Human Race

Jonathan Cape, 2011-02-03. 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL.. Hardcover. F/F/F. Box X39 HARDBACK ""AS NEW,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date: 2011.* Pub: Jonathan Cape.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine & none to face. No bumps or rubs. No marks to edges or spine, absolutely minimal spine lean, no other visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated jacket showing a young lady brandishing a tract to the front & a young man brandishing a cricket bat to rear. Silvered white title to spine and face. Not price clipped showing a shelf price of £12.99. No visible shelf wear or marks, now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper FINE.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. Colour illustrated end papers (maroon), no tanning or other visible faults. No toning to edges. FINE*Illustrations: None.* Pages: 349 pp. text. ix pp. acknowledgements & blank pages at rear.* Description: London in the summer of 1911 Connie Callaway, daughter of a middle-class Islington family fallen on hard times is forced to abandon her dream of a medical career. She is debating whether to maintain lawful protest against an intransigent government or join the militants in ""the greatest cause the world has ever known."" Holidaying with her family on the south coast she is introduced to Will Maitland, cricketer and rising star of his county. Despite their mutual attraction, they part on unfriendly terms, she dismayed by his inate chauvinism, he astonished by her outspokenness. Combining national drama and private tragedy, Half of the Human Race is a book about men and women and their difficulties in understanding each other at a turning-point in history.* A FINE copy of the 1st./1st. thus fnl. with no visible faults, now in a clear un-attached protective cover.*