Lynne Reid Banks — The L-Shaped Room
London, Chatto and WIndus, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this popular novel by Lynne Reid Banks. The first edition of this work. A novel following the story of a pregnant young woman named Jane who moves to a boarding school in London. In the L-shaped room, Jane grows and opens up, and develops a new outlook on life and the courage to change the future. The novel was adapted into a film by Bryan Forbes. With the unclipped dustwrapper designed by Una Bishop. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, lovely with only minor shelfwear. The dustwrapper is unclipped and excellent with minor shelfwear and minor sunning to spine, as well as minor damp marks internal to wraps, affecting the externals only slightly to the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Very minor faint scattered spotting to the endpapers, not affecting the pages which are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
