Chestnut Street
by Binchy, Maeve
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1409151786
- ISBN 13
- 9781409151784
- Seller
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Buttaba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London, England: Orion Publishing Group, 2014. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Large hardcover with blue boards and pictorial dust jacket, first UK edition, 680gms, 390 pages, illustrated endpapers. Just around the corner from St Jarlath's Crescent is Chestnut Street. Here, the lives of the residents are revealed in Maeve Binchy's wonderful collection of stories. Book is in very good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only minor shelf wear and scuffing. A corner has been cut from the title page, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..
Synopsis
Maeve Binchy is the author of numerous best-selling books, including her most recent novels, A Week in Winter, Minding Frankie, Heart and Soul, and Whitethorn Woods, as well as Circle of Friends and Tara Road, which was an Oprah’s Book Club selection. Married to Gordon Snell, she lived in Dalkey, Ireland, until her death in July 2012.
Reviews
On Jun 6 2014, CloggieDownunder said:
Chestnut Street is the final book by popular Irish author, Maeve Binchy. It is a collection of thirty-six short stories, all with some relation to Chestnut Street, Dublin (just around the corner from St Jarlath’s Crescent, another address well-known to Binchy fans). Most of the stories have not been published previously, but some have a rather unfinished feel, as if they are the first chapter of a longer story. This idea is reinforced by the inclusion of the first chapter of Star Sullivan (a first chapter which promises more than the rather mediocre final version that was published as a Quick Reads story) and the first 3 chapters of The Builders (a wonderful piece of Binchy gold published in the Open Door series). There is a forward by Binchy’s husband, Gordon Snell, outlining her intentions with this collection. While Binchy fans will enjoy most of the stories, a few are decidedly unsatisfying, meaning that this collection is a bit of a mixed bag: most of the stories are true Maeve Binchy diamonds; a few are just stones.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Habit (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GENFIC78473
- Title
- Chestnut Street
- Author
- Binchy, Maeve
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1409151786
- ISBN 13
- 9781409151784
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- General Fiction, Maeve Binchy
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction; Short Stories;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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