Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy MITFORD (First US edition)
MITFORD, Nancy. Love in a Cold Climate. New York: Random House, 1949.
First US edition. The bright and fittingly fun dust jacket designed by Paul Galdone.
This wickedly funny novel explores the mystery of sexual attraction among the upper classes in pre-war London and Paris. Searching for love and the perfect marriage, Mitford's heroines deal with an assortment of wildly eccentric relatives, the thrills of the social season with its glittering balls and glamorous gowns, gossip, passion, scandal and heartbreak.
Along with The Pursuit of Love, Love in a Cold Climate is Nancy Mitford’s most celebrated work, featuring many of the same characters and themes, inspired by the author’s upbringing within one of England’s most eccentric aristocratic families.
8vo, 304 pp. Original cloth, corners bumped. Very good in bright dust jacket (slightly rubbed/worn to extremities; price-clipped; clear tape conservation repair to top of spine; in clear, removable protective sleeve).