HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1955* Publisher: Viking press.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter bound in light blue cloth with beige spine, Dark brown title to spine and design to face. Very slight bumps to head and tail of spine. no rubs, top and bottom edges a little sunned. GOOD +.* Jacket condition: Coloured design to wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of $3.50. small chips & tears to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. Now in mylar cover. GOOD+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no obvious reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 247 pp. text.* Description: In the bombed-out slums of London after WWII, Lovejoy lives with a restaurant owner and his wife while her mother travels as a singer. Little better than a street urchin, Lovejoy has grown up tough. But when she grabs an envelope from a sickly boy who found it on the street, something new enters her life. She finds a packet of seeds. This book is for anyone 12 and older. Although the jacket mentions that this title is a ?Book of the Month Club Selection? the interior states that it is ?First Published by The Viking Press November 1955.? * A VERY GOOD copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS reduced to GD+ by dust jacket wear.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1097
Title: An Episode of Sparrows
Author: Godden, Rumer
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG/GD+/GD+
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Viking Press
Place of Publication: New York USA 0
Date Published: 1955-01-01
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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