I Leap over the Wall A Return to the World after 28 Years in a Convent
by Baldwin, Monica
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Poor dust jacket
- Seller
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Blagoevgrad Region, Bulgaria
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton. Very Good- in Poor dust jacket. 1957. Sixteenth Printing. Hardcover. Spine section missing from laid in unclipped DJ with some additional shelf wear and tear, corners lightly bumped, some foxing to edges of reading block. ; Sixteenth impression, June 1957. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; B&W Photographs; 312 pages; The dark days of the Second World War were possibly not the best time for a woman to leave the convent and return to the world she had last seen before the previous war. Struggling with clothing coupons, and the need to support herself, the niece of the ex-Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin writes with wit and insight about her unusual situation. .
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- Bookseller
- Books in Bulgaria
(BG)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32220
- Title
- I Leap over the Wall A Return to the World after 28 Years in a Convent
- Author
- Baldwin, Monica
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Poor dust jacket
- Edition
- Sixteenth Printing
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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- Poor
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
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