The Beginning of Spring
by Fitzgerald, Penelope
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F-/F-
- ISBN 10
- 0002232618
- ISBN 13
- 9780002232616
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Flamingo, 1988 F-/F-. 8vo. original greenboards gilt (a trifle rubbed, leaf edges slightly marked, faintly canted, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed); pp. [ii (last blank)], 188 (last blank). A near fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/F-.
Synopsis
Frank Reid is a struggling printer in Moscow. On the eve of the Revolution, his wife returns to her native England, leaving him to raise their three young children alone. How does a reasonable man like Frank cope? Should he listen to the Tolstoyan advice of his bookkeeper? And should he, in his wife's absence, resist his desire for his lovely Russian housemaid? How can anyone know how to live the right life?
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025939
- Title
- The Beginning of Spring
- Author
- Fitzgerald, Penelope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Jacket Condition
- F-
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002232618
- ISBN 13
- 9780002232616
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Penelope Fitzgerald Means of Escape Short Stories English Literature Modern first Editions Women Writers
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Gilt
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- Dustwrapper
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