"Arabella" 1949 HEYER, Georgette Mystery

"Arabella" 1949 HEYER, Georgette MysteryHEYER, Georgette [314] pp. William Heinemann Ltd. 1949 First Printing 7 1 2" x 5 1 4" Jacket design by Philip Gough Arabella is a Regency romance novel written by Georgette Heyer. It records the plight of a relatively poor girl from the English gentry who captures the attention of a very wealthy man by claiming to be an heiress; although he disbelieves her, he is amused by her presumption and character. The story is set in the spring of 1817

for wastepaper basket or decorative piece

with a foreword by Mary Quant

Desmond (SIGNED) on half-title page

and country clubs

Peter Son's Magazine -February

Illustrated by Evelyn Cockayne

7 3/8" x 8 1/2

The author includes illustrations of his own acquisitions

and the Bjora

the book is a critique of humankind's poor stewardship of Earth

1921 Edited

While Embley and Yewbert are hitting one another with croquet mallets one day