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Maeve's Times: Selected Irish Times Writings.
by BINCHY**, MAEVE - Edited by Roisin Ingle:
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- FINE./FINE.
- ISBN 10
- 1444782975
- ISBN 13
- 9781444782974
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IRELAND,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj,with yellow,white,black,mauve,green and red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain mauve cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-389pp [paginated] includes an introduction by Gordon Snell - her husband,5 sections covering 1960s to 2000s comprising 8,25,20,29, and 8 articles/ contributions respectively,2 news reports,a Postscript,Maeve's career timeline,Editors acknowledgements,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a note on Maeve Binchy and 'The Irish Times' and a contents list/table.
Maeve Binchy's much-loved 'Irish Times' writings spanned five decades. An accidental journalist whose work first appeared after her father sent in colourful accounts he had received from her travels,from the beginning her writings reflected the warmth,wit and keen human interest that readers would come to love in her fiction.This timeless collection celebrates the work of the world's best-loved writer,in all its diversity, revealing her characteristic directness,laugh-out-loud humour and unswerving gaze into the true heart of a matter.From 'Life as a Waitress' and 'Encounters at the Airport' to 'Staving Off the Senior Moments' and the hilarious 'My Theodora Story'.Maeve always had her own,inimitable take on life. With an introduction written by her husband,the writer Gordon Snell,'Maeve's Times' reminds us of why the leading Irish writer was so universally cherished,and will be for generations to come. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!
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Synopsis
MAEVE BINCHY is the author of numerous best-selling books, including her most recent novels, A Week in Winter, Minding Frankie, Heart and Soul, and Whitethorn Woods, as well as Circle of Friends and Tara Road, which was an Oprah's Book Club selection. Married to Gordon Snell, she lived in Dalkey, Ireland, until her death in July 2012 at the age of seventy-two.
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- Title
- Maeve's Times: Selected Irish Times Writings.
- Author
- BINCHY**, MAEVE - Edited by Roisin Ingle:
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- IRELAND,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1444782975
- ISBN 13
- 9781444782974
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- IRELAND.CASTLENOCK,DUBLIN.HATCHETTE BOOKS,2013.
- This edition first published
- 2013-09
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