Don't Tell the Grown-Ups Subversive Children's Literature
by Alison Lurie
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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About This Item
London: Bloomsbury Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. The book Is in very good condition, tightly bound, clean edges and internally clean and bright. The dust jacket Is complete with only light shelf wear, unclipped; jacket illustration by Posy Simmonds. ; From the library of David Lodge. David Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. Inscribed to Lodge on the half-title page. ; 229 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Truffle Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 640
- Title
- Don't Tell the Grown-Ups Subversive Children's Literature
- Author
- Alison Lurie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
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