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A CHRISTMAS CHILD.
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A CHRISTMAS CHILD. Hardcover - 1989

by BRAGG**, MELVYN:

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  • Hardcover
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UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.Gift presentation inscrptn to top corner of ffe,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial wrap-around art work by Brian Campbell, illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Sharp-cornered,unblemished, publisher's original dark green cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean grey eps.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,5-51pp [paginated] includes 5 chapters,b/w line illus by Brian Campbell - some chapter head+tail pieces plus part-page,full-page and double-page b/w line illus throughout the text and book,plus [unpaginated] half-title page,b/w vignette illustrated title-page,and 3pp (text & illus) to rear. A young couple - Joe and Mary - arrive in a small Cumbrian town on Christmas Eve.They have nowhere to stay and the woman is about to have a child.Joe has lived in this town before and some of his old friends and memories return to haunt him.He is torn between the freedom of his earlier life and his new responsibilities towards his young wife,who is soon to give birth.Her life is absorbed by that mystery.Melvyn Bragg evokes both a sense of place and a timelessness in this story which echoes events two thousand years ago and still moves us today. Please contac rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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  • Title A CHRISTMAS CHILD.
  • Author BRAGG**, MELVYN:
  • Illustrator illus by Brian Campbell.
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
  • Condition Used - FINE.
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1989., London
  • Date October 1, 1989
  • Bookseller's Inventory # rja376210
  • ISBN 9780340510391

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