Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
MITFORD, Nancy. Love in a Cold Climate. London: Hamilton, 1949.
First edition. A vividly evocative romantic comedy exploring the mysteries of love and sexual attraction among the bright young things. Along with The Pursuit of Love, its companion volume, 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.
284 pp. 8vo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges spotted. Neat contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Dust jacket (designed by Furze) with wear to the extremities: tips and top and bottom of spine panel chipped, a few short tears, and creasing, but unfaded and not price-clipped. A good copy.