HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1979* Publisher: Londinium Press* Binding and cover condition: Oxford blue cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Light green and white title to black and white illustrated dust wrapper showing design of starry sky. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £4.50. Very slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges & to head and tail of spine. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to end papers, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: None* Pages: 222 pp. text.* Description: This novel is the story of a woman who recalls life aboard the P & O liner sailing from London to Mombassa in 1932 when as a young wife and mother she met Dr. Carson who promptly fell in love with her while her 12 year old daughter, Mary Rose, became ?sick with love? for the Doctor. Ten years and more later, the three protagonists meet again under different circumstances, roles in life having changed and family affections having given way to alarm and disapproval. The action moves from Uganda to Devon and then to London as time passes. The writing captures the feeling of the times and the complexities of mother~daughter conflicts.* A NEAR FINE copy with minimal shelf wear and a few very slight marks reducing it to VG++*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4408
Title: How Shall I Know You?
Author: Raban-Williams, Ione
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG++/F/VG+
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0906264030
ISBN 13: 9780906264034
Publisher: Imprint unknown
Place of Publication: London UK 256
Date Published: 1979-04-01

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