Nicolette Devas — Pegeen Crybaby

London, Gronow Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this roaring tale of love and jealousy from British author Nicolette Devas, limited to two hundred and fifty copies. First edition. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies. Set in the South of France, this novel follows Marius Montbrison, a war hero, bachelor, and art historian, as he looks forward to a quiet summer in his country house. He has invited his English friends to stay and soon finds himself engulfed by love, promiscuity, jealousy and vengeance. Written by Nicolette Macnamara (later Devas then Shephard), a British artist and author who was active in the work of PEN International. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.