Away to the West
by Ruth Tomalin
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
£5.50£4.40
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1972 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two journeys in post-war England, with two young people wanting to break away and live in the woods. Bright gilt lettering to spine. School library stamp to front pastedown, mark to front endpaper from library date stamp label and spine slightly slanted, otherwise good copy. Unclipped DJ has some wear to edges and corners, with one 1/2" closed tear to top edge of flyleaf, otherwise good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002271
- Title
- Away to the West
- Author
- Ruth Tomalin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rural Life;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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