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Published by Persephone Books Ltd, London, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Vol 73 in Persephone series. Softcover first edition thus in near fine condition, small crease to top right hand corner of front cover and board. No signs of previous ownership. (Book ref. 8310).
Published by Persephone Books, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by Persephone 2007-10-25, London, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
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paperback. Condition: New.
Published by Persephone Books, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Published by PERSEPHONE BOOKS #73 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: Leaf Ends, Stocksfield, United Kingdom
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1st in this edition paperback with dustwrapper very good / very good grey card covers with matching dustwrapper, originally published in 1895, illustrated by Philip Burne-Jones.
Published by Persephone Books, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United Kingdom
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Condition: New.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 248 pages. 7.56x5.43x0.94 inches. In Stock.
Published by Persephone Books, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
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Condition: New. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326. . 2007. Paperback. . . . .
Published by Persephone Books, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: Brook Bookstore, Milano, MI, Italy
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Condition: new.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
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Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
Published by London ; Persephone Books Ltd, 2007
Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom
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First Edition
Fine. Softcover with Wrapper. 231 pages , First edition in Persephone books, number 73 . A Fine unmarked copy.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: New. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326. . 2007. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Published by Persephone Books, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
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Condition: New.
Published by Persephone Books, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by Persephone Books, London, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: Jim's Old Books, Kirkwall, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Burne-Jones, Philip (illustrator). Persephone paperback edition, book number 73, with original bookmark. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Originally published in 1895, the story deals with a girl who is sent to live with her very conventional aunt and uncle in London after enjoying a much freer life in the country. Preface by Charlotte Mitchell. 231pp, Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, London, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "The Young Pretenders" (1895) is a children's book whose sophistication, humour and ironies are nowadays appreciated by both children and adults. Babs lives most contentedly in a large house in the country with her grandmother, her nanny and her brother (their parents are in 'Inja'). Then their grandmother dies and they are sent to live in Kensington with their uncle and his wife. Having run wild in the country, spent hours with the gardener (very like the gardener in "The Secret Garden") and had a great deal to do and to think about, suddenly they are abandoned in a world of artifice and convention and are expected to behave artificially and conventionally. 'It all came of so much pretending. But then it was simply impossible for the children not to pretend. It would have been so dull to have lived their child lives only as the little Conways, when they might be pretending that they were such exciting things as soldiers or savages, cab-horses or mice.'Babs cannot, of course, stop playing, and the central theme of the book is that she has not learned how to dissemble (as opposed to playing 'let's pretend') but must learn how to do so.However, as Charlotte Mitchell, the Preface writer, says, this is not a solemn book, on the contrary, 'its great characteristic is a gay malicious irony' as Babs misunderstands the adult world and fails to conform to adult norms.'As anyone who has tried to bring up children knows, you spend a good deal of time teaching them to be insincere, to simulate gratitude or contrition, and not to repeat other people's comments at the wrong moments. Many of the jokes depend on the fact that Babs has yet to learn these lessons.'The focus, and the star, of "The Young Pretenders" is Babs. She is intelligent, fun, kind, lively and honest and it is hard to think of a heroine in children's fiction (that is, fiction written for children but enjoyed equally as much by adults) who is like her. Her most touching characteristic is her openness and her complete lack of fear. "'What was we naughty about?'" she asks her brother after their uncle scolds them: 'The children could not know that some very persistent tradesmen had insisted on immediate payment of their bills.' When the news comes from India that they have a new sister Babs thinks of a name for her - Mrs Brown.Her aunt slaps her down, saying that it's not a name but Babs persists, "'It is, I know it is, 'cause nurse has a sister-in-law what's called it.'"Then she 'began to think so hard that she refused a second helping of pudding' eventually announcing, to renewed scorn, that "'I'd like her to be called Strawberry Jam.'" Five year-old Babs Conway lives contentedly in a large house in the country with her grandmother, her nanny and her brother. After their grandmother dies they are sent to live in Kensington with their uncle. Abandoned in an artificial urban world, Babs finds it hard to conform and, especially, to learn how to dissemble. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.