The Passion-Flower Hotel

by Rosalind Erskine, Roger pseud. of Longridd

£85 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. 'Sixties literature FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.189; 3 , blank. Publisher's pink cloth, top edge blue, with typographic dust-jacket priced at 15s. A crisp clean, near fine copy in a slightly rubbed jacket. A rather racy novel about the extra curricular activities at an exclusive girls' boarding-school. An early copy of this story was sent to Cape stable-mate Ian Fleming for a possible review, perhaps due to the fact that his

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