Penny Penitent
by Tring, A. Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege - Oxford University Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. (1953). First Edition. Hardcover. Sunday School prize label on front endpaper. 1/2" missing at head of dust-jacket spine. 3/8" chips at corners of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; vii, [1], 206, [2 (blank)] pages. Green cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 123mm. Children's novel. Illustrated by T. R. Freeman. "Penny's record during this eventful term was made up of a series of narrow escapes and brushes with authority, but in particular with the head girl of her form, Julia Randall, and her new form mistress, Miss Bernard." - from dust-jacket blurb. This is the third novel about Penny, following, "Penny Triumphant" and "Penny Dreadful." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20916
- Title
- Penny Penitent
- Author
- Tring, A. Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Cumberlege - Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1953)
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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