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Title: A Room in Chelsea Square
Description: London, Jonathan Cape, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Nelson's classic novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Stamp to the rear free end paper, dated 1958. Michael Harrington Nelson (1921-1990) was a British novelist best known for this 1958 novel A Room in Chelsea Square, originally published anonymously due to its explicit homosexual content. It is about a wealthy gentleman who tempts an attractive younger man to London with the promise of an upper-crust lifestyle, and has been called a "gay classic". In publisher's original cloth binding, with original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in immaculate condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is slightly chipped to the extremities and the spine, with a little sunning to the spine, and age toning to the folds of the wrap. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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