HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. * Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2009* Publisher: Orion Books.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, Gilt title to spine. No rubs, minimal bumps to head & tail of spine. Seems very lightly read if at all. FINE* Jacket condition: colour illustrative cover. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £18.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured and patterned end papers. Clean, crisp, and tight with no reading wear, light paper colouration & very slight mark at page 80, no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 293 pp. text. i pp. Acknowledgements.* Description: The Return Journey is a collection of 14 short stories of life, love and learning that enables the most harried reader to enjoy a well-told tale in its entirety before checking on the kids or sorting the washing. In the tradition of Binchy's classic tales Circle of Friends and Tara Road, this consummate summer beach book introduces readers not to models of literary and romantic indefectibility, but to people just like us, who lose their car keys and have bad hair days. The title story paints a portrait of the embattled relationship between a mother who left her home in Dunglass, Ireland, and her daughter, who has travelled to Ireland to find her history and finds love, as well..* A FINE copy of the 1st/1st fnl. with only minimal wear to dust jacket.*

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Kelly Flynn never picked up a pair of knitting needles she liked—until she strolled into House of Lambspun. Now, in the first in a brand-new series, she learns how to knit one, purl two, and untangle the mystery behind her aunt's murder.

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2736
Title: The Return Journey
Author: Binchy, Maeve
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG++/F
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0752876279
ISBN 13: 9780752876276
Publisher: Orion
Place of Publication: London Uk 304
This edition first published: 2009
Size: 23.6 x 15.2 x 3 cm

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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...
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