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Ajouter au panierPaperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
EUR 9,45
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Ajouter au panierEtat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.
EUR 20,85
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Ajouter au panierEtat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
EUR 21,03
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Ajouter au panierEtat : New.
Langue: anglais
Edité par Persephone Books Ltd, London, 2007
ISBN 10 : 1903155630 ISBN 13 : 9781903155639
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, Etats-Unis
EUR 23,42
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Ajouter au panierPaperback. Etat : new. Paperback. "The Young Pretenders" (1895) is a children's book whose sophistication, humour and ironies are nowadays appreciated by both children and adults. Babs lives most contentedly in a large house in the country with her grandmother, her nanny and her brother (their parents are in 'Inja'). Then their grandmother dies and they are sent to live in Kensington with their uncle and his wife. Having run wild in the country, spent hours with the gardener (very like the gardener in "The Secret Garden") and had a great deal to do and to think about, suddenly they are abandoned in a world of artifice and convention and are expected to behave artificially and conventionally. 'It all came of so much pretending. But then it was simply impossible for the children not to pretend. It would have been so dull to have lived their child lives only as the little Conways, when they might be pretending that they were such exciting things as soldiers or savages, cab-horses or mice.'Babs cannot, of course, stop playing, and the central theme of the book is that she has not learned how to dissemble (as opposed to playing 'let's pretend') but must learn how to do so.However, as Charlotte Mitchell, the Preface writer, says, this is not a solemn book, on the contrary, 'its great characteristic is a gay malicious irony' as Babs misunderstands the adult world and fails to conform to adult norms.'As anyone who has tried to bring up children knows, you spend a good deal of time teaching them to be insincere, to simulate gratitude or contrition, and not to repeat other people's comments at the wrong moments. Many of the jokes depend on the fact that Babs has yet to learn these lessons.'The focus, and the star, of "The Young Pretenders" is Babs. She is intelligent, fun, kind, lively and honest and it is hard to think of a heroine in children's fiction (that is, fiction written for children but enjoyed equally as much by adults) who is like her. Her most touching characteristic is her openness and her complete lack of fear. "'What was we naughty about?'" she asks her brother after their uncle scolds them: 'The children could not know that some very persistent tradesmen had insisted on immediate payment of their bills.' When the news comes from India that they have a new sister Babs thinks of a name for her - Mrs Brown.Her aunt slaps her down, saying that it's not a name but Babs persists, "'It is, I know it is, 'cause nurse has a sister-in-law what's called it.'"Then she 'began to think so hard that she refused a second helping of pudding' eventually announcing, to renewed scorn, that "'I'd like her to be called Strawberry Jam.'" Five year-old Babs Conway lives contentedly in a large house in the country with her grandmother, her nanny and her brother. After their grandmother dies they are sent to live in Kensington with their uncle. Abandoned in an artificial urban world, Babs finds it hard to conform and, especially, to learn how to dissemble. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Langue: anglais
Edité par Persephone Books Ltd, GB, 2007
ISBN 10 : 1903155630 ISBN 13 : 9781903155639
Vendeur : Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, Royaume-Uni
EUR 23,46
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Ajouter au panierPaperback. Etat : New.
Langue: anglais
Edité par Hutchinson and Co., 1912
Vendeur : Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, Etats-Unis
EUR 23,81
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1912 EDITION. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly tanned. Covers show light edge wear and rubbing. Hinges cracked slightly but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
EUR 23,97
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Ajouter au panierPAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
EUR 8,12
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. New York: Appleton, 1899, first. Gray cloth, black lettering, pictorial, ex-lib, no DJ. Novel ; itCoew1953.
EUR 23,45
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Ajouter au panierPAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
EUR 16,31
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Ajouter au panierpaperback. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good Jacket. Illustrated by Philip Burne-Jones. Two pages of the preface have some underlining. With matching bookmark. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
EUR 20,29
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Ajouter au panierPaperback. Etat : Brand New. 248 pages. 7.56x5.43x0.94 inches. In Stock.
Vendeur : California Books, Miami, FL, Etats-Unis
EUR 33,38
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Ajouter au panierEtat : New.
EUR 22,36
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Ajouter au panierEtat : New. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326. . 2007. Paperback. . . . .
EUR 34,03
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Ajouter au panierPAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
EUR 30,76
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Ajouter au panierPAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Langue: anglais
Edité par Hutchinson & Co, London, 1912
Vendeur : Salsus Books (P.B.F.A.), Kidderminster, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
Edition originale
EUR 18,14
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Fair. 1st Edition. x 688pp hardback, red cloth gilt, frontis portrait, ex-library with usual stamps and labels, newspaper cutting of Wolverhampton interest loosely inserted with corresponding browning of leaves, small crumpled tear to bottom edge of one leaf.
EUR 26,91
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Ajouter au panierEtat : New. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326. . 2007. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Edité par Hutchinson, 1912
Vendeur : Anybook.com, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
EUR 8,68
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Ajouter au panierEtat : Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:
EUR 20,87
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Ajouter au panierEtat : New.
Vendeur : PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, Etats-Unis
EUR 40,55
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Ajouter au panierPAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
EUR 24,14
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Ajouter au panierPaperback / softback. Etat : New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
EUR 23,92
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Ajouter au panierEtat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
EUR 34,99
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Ajouter au panierPAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
EUR 43,59
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Ajouter au panierHRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Vendeur : California Books, Miami, FL, Etats-Unis
EUR 45,11
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Ajouter au panierEtat : New.
EUR 39,23
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Ajouter au panierHRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Vendeur : Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Royaume-Uni
EUR 36,01
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Ajouter au panierEtat : New. In.
Vendeur : PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, Etats-Unis
EUR 50,33
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Ajouter au panierHRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Edité par Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1897
Vendeur : Washburn Books, Pateley Bridge, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
EUR 9,08
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Ajouter au panierBeige Cloth Boards. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Ethel Kate Burgess (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Story for young readers by the British writer Edith Henrietta Fowler (1865-1944). 254pp illustrated with 24 black and white drawings. Tissue-guarded frontis, top edges gilt, rest untrimmed. Black drawing and lettering to top board, gilt title to spine. Black endpapers with book plate. Slight forward lean to spine, minor bumping to spine and corners, edges age-toned, some marking to boards and former owner's name dated 1897 to half-title, otherwise good copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.