Period Piece

A late Victorian biography of a Cambridge childhood by the daughter of Maud Du Puy (1861-1947). Faber paper backed edition, 1952 reprint. Overall good condition with sunned spine and fi wing to outer page edges. 282pp.

New York: W. W. Norton, 1953. first american edition. Hardcover. Good +/good. 6 x 9 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers very clean, spine has a small split at fore head. Mild shelf wear. BInding tight. PO's name on ffep, text unmarked. DJ is GOOD ; edges worn and chipped with a few closed… Read more about this item

Penguin Books : Great Britain, 1985. Reprinted . . Soft. Good+. 12mo, 71/2. Good+. Light foxed to extremities. Mild page browned internally.382pp.

Faber & Faber, 1981. Soft cover. Good. All of our books without an ISBN number (normally pre-1970 in date) are described individually in detail. Books with an ISBN number (this one included) are all offered for sale in a reasonable condition or better: some may be in very good, near fine, or fine condition. If the condition is… Read more about this item

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Light bump at spine crown. .

University of Michigan Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

1 . hardback. Very Good. A Cambridge Childhood. Illustrated. 1st ed. London (Faber) 1952. A very good copy.

Paperback. Very Good.

NY: W.W. Norton, 1953. First American edition . Hardcover. G+/Fair. 282p. First American edition. GOOD+ / Fair - : edgewear; spine ends bumped; staining and crease to front end page; owner's name; sl. yellowing to pages. DJ: staining front cover; spine darkened; large (4" x 1") missing piece on back cover at fold; chips and… Read more about this item

London: Readers Union, 1954. Pp. x+246(last blank), title page vignette and numerous text illustrations by the author (some full page); post 8vo; purple floral patterned cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered & decorated in silver, the boards a trifle bowed, two of the fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned, edges chipped; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale… Read more about this item

University of Michigan Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

US: Faber & Faber, 1952. Good. 'A drawing of the world when I was young.' So Gwen Raverat, the grand-daughter of Charles Darwin, described Period Piece, her classic memoir of a Cambridge childhood, which since its initial publication in 1952 has never been out of print. Vividly evoking a bygone era, it is a shrewd, touching and comic… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber. Good. Hardcover. 1958. 282 pages. Dj worn and foxed. Name on ffep<br> .

S. Fair.

Faber and Faber, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. Readers Union Edition. 243 pages. Purple and white jacket over patterned purple cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Ex-libris sticker to front pastedown. Boards have minimal edgewear. Spine and edges are moderately sunned, with minor crushing to ends. Unclipped… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber, 1960. paperback. Very Good. 5x1x8. 2002 reprint. Appears to have hardly been read.

University of Michigan Press. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Faber & Faber, Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Good.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. 1953. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .