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Lark Rise to Candleford
by Thompson, Flora
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Fair
- Seller
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HINDHEAD, Surrey, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press. Reprint of the first edition. Illustrated by wood engravings. Red, cloth-covered boards; minor wear and natural ageing to the book, previous owner's name on the front free endpaper.The original, price-clipped dust jacket has general wear and loss to the spine, protected by a clear, removable cover. An opportunity to read the Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy in an early printing; relatively scarce with the dust jacket. Bibliographic note: the trilogy was originally published as individual books in: 1939 (Lark Rise), 1941 (Over to Candleford), and 1943 (Candleford Green). It was first published as a trilogy in one book in 1945. This copy was printed in 1951. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, Later Printing. 1951.
Synopsis
Lark Rise to Candleford is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels about the countryside of north-east Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England, at the end of the 19th century. They were written by Flora Thompson and first published together in 1945. The stories were previously published separately as Lark Rise in 1939, Over to Candleford in 1941 and Candleford Green in 1943.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008545
- Title
- Lark Rise to Candleford
- Author
- Thompson, Flora
- Illustrator
- Julie Neild
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Later Printing
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8" x "5.5".
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction
Terms of Sale
Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2010
HINDHEAD, Surrey
About Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA
Weysprings Books is an independent bookseller based in Surrey, UK, exclusively selling on the internet. We specialise in modern first editions. We use internationally accepted terms to describe our books and endeavour to reflect their true condition in our descriptions. We regret that, due to compliance regulations, we are unable to fulfil orders to Germany and France.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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