EUR 10,58
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
EUR 10,55
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.
EUR 20,15
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Persephone Books Ltd, London, 2007
ISBN 10: 1903155630 ISBN 13: 9781903155639
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: 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 multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
EUR 20,38
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
EUR 23,06
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: New.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Hutchinson and Co., 1912
Da: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1912 EDITION. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly tanned. Covers show light edge wear and rubbing. Hinges cracked slightly but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Philip Burne-Jones (illustratore). Persephone Book number 73; a paperback with dust jacket; reprints the 1895 1e from Longmans, Green and Company. The book is unmarked; spine slightly slanted but uncreased. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price 13.00 pounds); Brodart protected.
EUR 11,91
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrello1st 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.
Hardcover. New York: Appleton, 1899, first. Gray cloth, black lettering, pictorial, ex-lib, no DJ. Novel ; itCoew1953.
EUR 23,10
Quantità: 15 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloPAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
EUR 16,06
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrellopaperback. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Jacket. Illustrated by Philip Burne-Jones. Two pages of the preface have some underlining. With matching bookmark. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
EUR 18,52
Quantità: 2 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: Brand New. 248 pages. 7.56x5.43x0.94 inches. In Stock.
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
EUR 22,36
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: 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. . . . .
EUR 26,46
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: 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.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Hutchinson & Co, London, 1912
Da: Salsus Books (P.B.F.A.), Kidderminster, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
EUR 17,87
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Fair. 1st Edition. x 688pp hardback, red cloth gilt, frontis portrait, ex-library with usual stamps and labels, newspaper cutting of Wolverhampton interest loosely inserted with corresponding browning of leaves, small crumpled tear to bottom edge of one leaf.
EUR 30,30
Quantità: 15 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloPAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Editore: Hutchinson, 1912
Da: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Regno Unito
EUR 8,55
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:
Da: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
EUR 20,56
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New.
EUR 21,80
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback / softback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
EUR 23,56
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Da: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Regno Unito
EUR 34,47
Quantità: 15 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloPAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
EUR 38,64
Quantità: 15 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Da: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Regno Unito
EUR 35,47
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New. In.
Da: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Legare Street Press 2022-10, 2022
ISBN 10: 1016149387 ISBN 13: 9781016149389
Da: Chiron Media, Wallingford, Regno Unito
EUR 31,69
Quantità: 10 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloPF. Condizione: New.