Henry Green — Doting

London, The Hogarth Press, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry Green's final novel, a biting comedy of manners about the infatuation of a married middle-class man with a much younger woman. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Written almost completely in dialogue, Green's novel is a story of yearning and devotion in which the wife and the young object of desire run rings around the hapless civil servant who serves as the central character. Green was an English writer best remembered for the novels 'Party Going', 'Living', and 'Loving&apos. He is among those labelled as the 'Bright Young Things' by the tabloid press. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear to back strip tail. Small closed tears to either side of the dust wrapper back strip tail, with light edgewear to back strip head. Light spotting to dust wrapper reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd light spot to page perimeters. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.