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London: Heinemann. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 0434440213 . Retired library book, but with fairly moderate markings. Laminated cover, small spine sticker, jacket attached to book, two stamps, & back pocket with cut across back flap to insert pocket. Otherwise book is clean & unmarked, with only very light wear - an attractive copy. A novel of childhood set in Trinidad. It will be of particular interest to the numerous enthusiasts of "The Year in San Fernando. " The author has woven a gleaming web of childhood beliefs, Trinidad customs, and natural beauty. His land is an enchanted place - where the light discovers rich jewels in the wings of beetles, and high, green-sailed and golden ships in the river trees. The author's strong visual sense - even the bells ring out in colour - is allied to a rare quality of writing that vividly realizes the sensual wonder, the bewilderment, the fears, the eternal freshness of a boy's…
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- Title The Humming-Bird Tree
- Author Ian McDonald
- Binding unknown
- Edition First Edition.
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Heinemann, London
- Date February 1969
- ISBN 9780434440214
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THE HUMMING-BIRD TREE
by McDonald, Ian
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- 9780434440214 / 0434440213
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