A Far Cry from Kensington
by Spark, Muriel; Muriel Spark
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395476941
- ISBN 13
- 9780395476949
- Seller
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The Bronx, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. 1st American Edition 1988 . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Gun Larson (Front-of-jacket Design). 189 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Extra mylar wrapper. Ex-Library (St. Luke's Hospital, NY, NY)-Book with all the typical signs (stamps, stickers, and envelopes, etc.). Price cut from inside front flap.
Synopsis
A Far Cry From Kensington is a novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark published in 1988. It is narrated by Agnes Hawkins; a young war-widow lodging in a rooming house in South Kensington and working as an editor at a struggling publishing house. The story centres on Wanda, a highly strung Polish dressmaker who is on the receiving end of various threatening letters and on Hector Bartlett who appears to be stalking Agnes and through whom she loses her job.
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- Seller
- gearbooks (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2ivDc0026
- Title
- A Far Cry from Kensington
- Author
- Spark, Muriel; Muriel Spark
- Illustrator
- Gun Larson (Front-of-jacket Design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition 1988
- ISBN 10
- 0395476941
- ISBN 13
- 9780395476949
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Fictional Novel, Literary Fiction
- Size
- 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
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