A Rope-In Case
by Beckwith, Lillian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0090898109
- ISBN 13
- 9780090898107
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 0090898109 . Dustjacket shows some wear to extremities, previous owner's name on front free end paper. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Wraparound jacket art by Douglas Hall with B&W illustrations throughout. ; 8.27 X 5.20 X 0.79 inches; 192 pages; "'When I had first come to the Hebrides, Morag, my landlady, had advised me always to "take a rope - in case," . . . Over and over I had proved its usefulness. I might need it to catch a calf or a sheep; to carry a bundle of hay to the cow or a can of paraffin from the grocer; to tie a bundle of driftwood I had collected, or a sack of peat; to secure a boat; make a temporary repair to a sagging fence or a halter for a horse . . . Excepting when they were going on holiday or to church, the Bruach crofters were rarely without a length of rope, either coiled around an arm or protruding from a pocket.' The fourth of Lillian Beckwith's books on her life on Bruach, A Rope - In Case is packed with hilarious stories and delightful characters. Yet it is never sentimental - always observant." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18842
- Title
- A Rope-In Case
- Author
- Beckwith, Lillian
- Illustrator
- Douglas Hall jacket art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0090898109
- ISBN 13
- 9780090898107
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- 0090898109, Bruach, scotland, Hebrides
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Fiction; Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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