Biographies & Memoirs / Autobiography / A Slender Reputation    an autobiography by Kathleen Hale Kathleen Hale Frederick Warne 1994, first edition: black cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine: decorative dust jacket: approximately 6.25 x 9.5 inches  tall: 288 pages including index: black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings: coloured reproductions of the author's  work. Synopsis: A detailed autobiography by Kathleen Hale, author of Orlando the Marmalade Cat. Details of  childhood in the North of England and the struggles to express a developing artistic talent; her art student life at Reading University prior to arrival in London 'with only a few shillings in my pocket'; a chance introduction into Jacob  Epstein's circle;  life in the land Army during the Second World War, and her subsequent struggles to make a living while reduced to minding babies and collecting debts; her permanent employment as Augustus John's secretary; the development of a circle of artistic and Bohemians friends and their visits to the Studio Club, the Hambone Club, and the Cave of Harmony; her marriage in 1926 to Douglas McLean and the ensuing happy country family life leading to the conception of Orlando the Marmalade Cat and the production of a series of Orlando stories over the following 20 years are told in a frank engaging style. Condition: Withdrawn library book with stamps to the front free endpaper and title page: nevertheless very clean, firm and good overall. used books
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  • Book Title: A Slender Reputation an autobiography
  • Author: Kathleen Hale
  • ISBN: 0723237972
  • Publisher: Frederick Warne
  • Year Published: 1994
  • Our Normal Price: £41.80 GBP ($0.00 USD)
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  • Description: Frederick Warne 1994, first edition: black cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine: decorative dust jacket: approximately 6.25 x 9.5 inches tall: 288 pages including index: black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings: coloured reproductions of the author's work. Synopsis: A detailed autobiography by Kathleen Hale, author of Orlando the Marmalade Cat. Details of childhood in the North of England and the struggles to express a developing artistic talent; her art student life at Reading University prior to arrival in London 'with only a few shillings in my pocket'; a chance introduction into Jacob Epstein's circle; life in the land Army during the Second World War, and her subsequent struggles to make a living while reduced to minding babies and collecting debts; her permanent employment as Augustus John's secretary; the development of a circle of artistic and Bohemians friends and their visits to the Studio Club, the Hambone Club, and the Cave of Harmony; her marriage in 1926 to Douglas McLean and the ensuing happy country family life leading to the conception of Orlando the Marmalade Cat and the production of a series of Orlando stories over the following 20 years are told in a frank engaging style. Condition: Withdrawn library book with stamps to the front free endpaper and title page: nevertheless very clean, firm and good overall.
  • Condition: See Above
  • Dustcover: Yes
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Type: Used Books

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