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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia De Luce Series 1)
by Bradley, Alan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2009. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is the first printing of the first edition, with a complete number line. The interior of the book is clean and tight. There is a gift inscription to a former owner on the front free end paper, but no other marks or signs of previous use. The black covers are fresh, with minor wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is also in very good condition, agaom with minor wear at tips and corners and one small chip near the spine. This chip is visible in the attached scan. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: This is the first in the Flavia de Luce series of junior mysteries. Eleven-year-old Flavia, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950 -- and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home. When murder comes to Buckshaw, Flavia was both delighted and appalled: "I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn't. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life.
Synopsis
Alan Bradley has published many children’s stories as well as lifestyle and arts columns in Canadian newspapers. His adult stories have been broadcast on CBC Radio and published in various literary journals. He won the first Saskatchewan Writers Guild Award for Children’s Literature. He lives in British Columbia. Delacorte Press will publish the next in Bradley’s delirious new series, The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag, in 2010.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granny Goose Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008126
- Title
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia De Luce Series 1)
- Author
- Bradley, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2009
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mystery & Detective Fiction, Teens
- Bookseller catalogs
- Series Stories About Girls;
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Granny Goose Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
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Used and collectable children's books.
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- First Edition
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