A Far Cry from Kensington
by Spark, Muriel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395476941
- ISBN 13
- 9780395476949
- Seller
-
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. 1st US . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. (1st US) Smaller book, dark blue cloth spine, blue boards, bright orange lettering on spine, 189 pages, pencil name on first front end paper, pencil note on final end paper. DJ front and spine colorful with orange and white lettering, photo of Spark on back. DJ has light wear to top tips, very slight wear to bottom front tip, micronick and microtear at spine top edge, light wear at spine bottom right edge, light crease at bottom back edge. Very Good DJ/Near Very Fine book.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19266
- Title
- A Far Cry from Kensington
- Author
- Spark, Muriel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st US
- ISBN 10
- 0395476941
- ISBN 13
- 9780395476949
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- ENGLAND FICTION LONDON GENERAL
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
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New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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