My Uncle Silas : stories / by H. E. Bates ; drawings by Edward Ardizzone
by Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest) (1905-1974). Ardizzone, Edward (1900-1979)
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About This Item
London : The Reprint Society, 1947. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 190 pages : illustrations ; 19cm. Subjects: English fiction -- Short stories.
Synopsis
H.E. Bates was born in Northamptonshire in 1905. He published his first novel, The Two Sisters , when he was twenty. His most popular creation was the effervescent Larkin family about whom he wrote five novels including The Darling Buds of May . In 1973 he was awarded the CBE. He died in 1974.
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- Seller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 314041
- Title
- My Uncle Silas : stories / by H. E. Bates ; drawings by Edward Ardizzone
- Author
- Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest) (1905-1974). Ardizzone, Edward (1900-1979)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- London : The Reprint Society
- Date Published
- 1947
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- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.