Light a Penny Candle
by Binchy, Maeve
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0712600000
- ISBN 13
- 9780712600002
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Century Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0712600000 . Boards show very light shelf wear, DJ shows some shelf wear, light chipping with 3 cm tear bottom front DJ edge and short tear top back edge. Small dot bottom page edges. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.2 X 6.6 X 1.8 inches; 540 pages; "To escape the chaos of London during World War II, young Elizabeth White is sent to live a safer life in the small Irish town of Kilgarret. It is there, in the crowded, chaotic OConnor household, that she meet Aislinga girl who soon becomes her very best friend, sharing her pet kitten and secretly teaching her the intricacies of Catholicism. Aislings boldness brings Elizabeth out of her proper shell; later, her support carries Elizabeth through the painful end of her parents chilly marriage. In return, Elizabeths friendship helps Aisling endure her own unsatisfying marriage to a raging alcoholic. Through the years, they come to believe they can overcome any conflict, conquer any hardshipas long as they have each other. Now theyre about to find out if they're right..." .
Synopsis
Light a Penny Candle (1982) is a novel by Maeve Binchy which follows two girls growing up in the aftermath of World War II.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19881
- Title
- Light a Penny Candle
- Author
- Binchy, Maeve
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0712600000
- ISBN 13
- 9780712600002
- Publisher
- Century Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- 0712600000
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.