{"product_id":"2026100012214-secondhand-delight-self-selected-essays","title":"Delight: Self-Selected Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew writers of the twentieth century possessed J. B. Priestley's rare gift for finding profound joy in the ordinary, and Delight: Self-Selected Essays stands as a luminous testament to that singular talent. This self-curated collection gathers Priestley's most cherished personal essays, each one a warm and witty meditation on the small, often overlooked pleasures that stitch human life together — from the comfort of a good fire to the particular satisfaction of a well-packed bag — chronicling a life lived with curiosity, gusto, and an unshakeable affection for the everyday.\n\nPriestley's prose style is immediately disarming: conversational yet precise, humorous yet touched with genuine feeling, it illustrates the voice of a man who regarded honest sentiment as a literary virtue rather than a weakness. As a self-selected anthology, the collection carries an extra intimacy, presenting not merely the author's opinions but his autobiography in miniature — a curated portrait of what he loved and why. Original frontispiece illustrations by Daniel Bréfond lend the volume an additional elegance, and together, text and image invite the reader to ask a quietly radical question: in a world fixated on grand ambitions, what if delight itself were enough?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51022613741787,"sku":"2026100012214-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ac72bbfc-f4d7-4a83-9efe-fb3ec0d49f29.png?v=1793665328","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012214-secondhand-delight-self-selected-essays","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}