A Keeper
by Norton, Graham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F/F
- ISBN 10
- 1473664977
- ISBN 13
- 9781473664975
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About This Item
HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st. (stated).* Date of Publication: 2018* Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton.* Binding and cover condition: White cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing skeleton trees, gold and white titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £20.00. Absolutely minimal, shelf wear head of spine. Now in clear protective wrapper. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (red with white design of trees). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 326 pp. text. iv pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother's death, intent only on wrapping up that dismal part of her life. There is nothing here for her; she wonders if there ever was. The house of her childhood is stuffed full of useless things, her mother's presence already fading. And perhaps, had she not found the small stash of letters, the truth would never have come to light. This compelling new novel confirms Graham Norton's status as a fresh, literary voice, bringing his clear-eyed understanding of human nature and its darkest flaws.* A FINE copy of the 1st/1st with minimal wear in a FINE protected dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1847
- Title
- A Keeper
- Author
- Norton, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 1473664977
- ISBN 13
- 9781473664975
- Publisher
- Coronet
- Place of Publication
- London UK 331
- Date Published
- 2018-10-04
- Size
- 16.3 x 3.1 x 22.3 cm
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