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1960 · réf. 016187 — New York Circa 1960: Cameron Associates 1960. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Minus DJ. 721 Pp. Black Boards Lettered In Red. First American Printing Undated A Very Poorly Made Book And Unlaminated Dust Jacket. Light Wear. Dj Complete Not Price Clipped But With Wear Dampstain On Spine And Long Tear Along Top Spine Edge. Per Wikipedia Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison Baroness Mitchison Cbe Née Haldane; 1897 - 1999 Was A Scottish Novelist And Poet The Daughter And Younger Child Of The Physiologist John Scott Haldane. Today The Best-Known Member Of The Family Is Probably Naomi's Elder Brother The Biologist J. B. S. Haldane 1892-1964 But In Her Youth Her Paternal Uncle Richard Burdon Haldane 1St Viscount Haldane Twice Lord Chancellor From 1912 To 1915 Under H. H. Asquith And In 1924 During The First Labour Government Of Ramsay Macdonald Was Better Known. Often Called A Doyenne Of Scottish Literature She Wrote More Than 90 Books Of Historical And Science Fiction Travel Writing And Autobiography. Her Husband Dick Mitchison's Life Peerage In 1964 Entitled Her To Call Herself Lady Mitchison But She Never Did. Her 1931 Work The Corn King And The Spring Queen Is Seen By Some As The Prime 20Th-Century Historical Novel.In 1932 Mitchison Was Commissioned By Victor Gollancz To Edit A Guide To The Modern World For Children. Mitchison's Book An Outline For Boys And Girls And Their Parents Included Several Distinguished Contributors Including W. H. Auden Richard Hughes Gerald Heard And Olaf Stapledon. On Publication An Outline Was Praised By The Times Literary Supplement The New Statesman And The London Mercury.Her 1938 Book The Moral Basis Of Politics Was A Treatise On Ethics And Politics That She Had Worked On For Three Years. In It She Defended The Right Of The Left-Wing Journalist H. N. Brailsford To Criticise The Moscow Trials Which Had Caused Controversy On The British Left At The Time.She Was Unsure Exactly How Many Books She Had Written Often Claiming There Were About 70. The Articles Were Uncountable From Book Reviews For The Old Time And Tide Magazine And The New Statesman To Practical Essays On Farming Campaigning Articles Recollections And Reflections. After Her Husband's Death Mitchison Wrote Several Memoirs Published As Separate Titles Between 1973 And 1985. She Was Also A Good Friend Of The Writer J. R. R. Tolkien And One Of The Proof Readers Of The Lord Of The Rings.Her Name Was On George Orwell's List Of People Prepared In March 1949 For The Information Research Department Ird Set Up At The Foreign Office By The Labour Government Who Were Considered To Have Pro-Communist Leanings And So Be Inappropriate To Write For The Ird. When Asked On Her 90Th Birthday Whether She Had Regrets In Life She Replied: "Yes All The Men I Never Slept With. Imagine! Cameron Associates hardcover