When the Bough Breaks (1924, second impression)

Naomi Mitchison's short stories of the Roman Empire

Author

Naomi Mitchison

Publisher

Jonathan Cape, London, 1924

When the Bough Breaks (1924, second impression)

Printing Details

First edition, second impression. Hardback, bound in blue cloth with paper title label to spine. 19.5 × 12.5cm, 318pp.

Naomi Mitchison's second book containing four stories from the Roman Empire. The stories are: 1. The Hostages, 2. Vercingetorix & the Others (Cottia went to Bibracte; The Man from Alesia; Got to Put up with it Now), 3. The Triumph of Faith, 4. When the Bough Breaks. The last is the longest one set in the final days of the dying Roman Empire.

Condition

A very good copy. There is spotted foxing to the page edges and gutter and a small patch of faint fading to the base of the spine but otherwise remaining in strong readable condition.

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