The Blewcoat Boy (Acorn Modern Classics) by Leon Garfield - 1988-06

Gollancz, 1988. Paperback. Used: Acceptable. Hardback with D/J in good condition. 1988 Victor Gollancz edition. - . Excess postage may be required for books over 1 kg in weight outside the EU. ISBN 0-575-04394-6 0575043946.

London: gollancz/National Trust, 1988. 1988. Hardcover. 0575043946 . Hbk with d/w; top edges of pp have got a little damp, causing a little waviness to top edges pp; otherwise Vg/Vg; an acorn Modern Classic; 1st edition .

Published by Victor Gollancz, 1988. 1st edition.. Hardback. New/New. Illustrated by Finn, Elizabeth. 'As new' condition in an 'as new' dustwrapper. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Acorn Modern Classics. Black and white illustrations. 112 pages. 'When you go shopping for a dad, you got to be careful. You don't want any old rubbish...'.

London: Victor Gollancz In Association With The National Trust. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0575043946 . Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. SIGNED, dated, and inscribed by the author "For Lou Ann S--") . Book is As New, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Illustrated by Elizabeth Finn. 8vo. 112 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. An Acorn Modern Classic. ; Signed by Author .

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Very light creasing - shelf-wear(?) to top edge of dw/dj.Pictorial colour decorated dw/dj by Elizabeth Finn,with decorated blue eps.Tan cloth boards with gilt letters to spine/ backstrip.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,112pp includes b/w line illus chapter head-pieces. In a cave on the wild side of St Jame's Park live two ragged children,Young Nick (to tell him apart from Old Nick) and his nine-year-old sister Jubilee.Once,back in Ireland,they had a father but now they are alone - and Young Nick knows that it is his responsibility to find a husband for Jubilee.And there lies the problem - for Jubilee can neither cook nor sew,read or write.Who'd wed such an article? Young Nick decides that he and Jubilee must enrol at Westminster's famous Blewcoat School.To do so,they need a dad,and who should they find but Mr Owen,the… Read More

London: Victor Gollancz in Assoc with The National Trust, 1988. 112pp. Signed and dedicated by the author to Nina [Bawden] and her husband. A mint copy. Leon Garfield FRSL (14 July 1921 - 2 June 1996) was a British writer of fiction best known for his children's historical novels. An Acorn Modern Classics book.. 1st edition. Laminated boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo.