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Smith
by GARFIELD, Leon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- NF/VG-
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Constable Young Books Ltd, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG-. MAITLAND, Anthony. 1st Edition. 14 x 22 cm brown boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine, 190[2]pp with black and white illustrations by Anthony Maitland. With original unclipped dust jacket priced at 18s. net. The book is signed and inscribed by the author, 'To all the Townsends/ ( especially Penny)/ Love From/ Leon Garfield 1970'. A near fine book clean and bright with just a touch of shelf wear and the author's inscription to the half title page. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is a little creased and rubbed along the spine tips corners and edges most noticeably along the top edge with minimal loss to the corners and two small 0.5 cm closed tears at the head of the spine and a 1.3 cm closed tear at the foot of the rear panel. From the collection of John Rowe Townsend and Jill Paton Walsh. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Synopsis
Leon Garfield (1921–1996) was born and raised in the seaside town of Brighton, England. his father owned a series of businesses, and the family’s fortunes fluctuated wildly. Garfield enrolled in art school, left to work in an office, and in 1940 was drafted into the army, serving in the medical corps. After the war, he returned to London and worked as a biochemical technician. in 1948 he married Vivian Alcock, an artist who would later become a successful writer of children’s books, and it was she who encouraged him to write his first novel, Jack Holborn , which was published in 1964. in all, Garfield would write some fifty books, including a continuation of Charles Dickens’s Mystery of Edwin Drood and retellings of biblical and Shakespearian stories. Among his best-known books are Devil-in-the-Fog (1966, winner of The Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize), The God Beneath the Sea (1970, winner of the Carnegie medal), Bostock and Harris; or, The Night of the Comet (1979; forthcoming from The New York Review Children’s Collection), and John Diamond (1980, winner of the Whitbread Award).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202020
- Title
- Smith
- Author
- GARFIELD, Leon
- Illustrator
- MAITLAND, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NF/VG-
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Constable Young Books Ltd
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Childrens|Illustrated|Historical Fiction|Signed
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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