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Published by Persephone Books Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: Harry Righton, Evesham, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2006 rpt. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, London, 2002
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Raverat, Gwen (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. Persephone Book No. 37. First printing of the Persephone edition which was the first paperback edition. Originally published in hard covers by Macmillan in 1872 and then in a new edition in 1936 with illustrations by Gwen Raverat. Preface by Gwen Raverat. Afterwords by Anne Harvey and Frances Spalding. Browning to the page edges with some spotting to the top edges and a heavy crease to the top corner of one page but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has fading around the edges of the front cover where a rectangular object has been left on it with the book exposed to sunlight. There is also a little fading to the spine and the left edge of the rear panel and a small amount of label residue at the bottom.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
Book
Trade Paperback. Condition: Mint. First Thus. This copy is in mint, seemingly unread condition in a mint unclipped dustwrapper. Persephone Books reprints neglected fiction and non-fiction by mid-twentieth century writers. These books are intelligent, thought-provoking and beautifully written. Their list includes novels, short stories, diaries, memoirs and cookery books; each has an elegant uniform grey jacket and colourful endpapers with a matching bookmark, Each title has a new preface by writers such as Jilly Cooper, David Kynaston and Elaine Showalter. Richmal Crompton created William, the pugnacious anti-hero of thirty books selling over 8 million copies in her lifetime; but their author once hinted that a 'Frankenstein monster' had ambushed her forty novels for adults. This 1948 novel about the life of two families during the inter-war years. Instead of seeing William at odds with adults, we are shown the matriarchs around whom their families spin; but whether they direct their children gently or forcefully, in the end they have to accept them as they are.We see that families can both entrap and sustain; that parents and children must respect each other; and that happiness necessitates jumping or being pushed off the family roundabout. Ref NNN 7.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, London, 2006
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: New. Reprint. This new copy is bound in illustrated card covers as issued. The contents are bright, tight, white and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Richmal Crompton is famous for being the author of the William books, which sold over 8 million copies in her lifetime, but she also wrote forty novels for adults, the best of which is, according to many, Family Roundabout, a 1948 book about the life of two families during the inter-war years. Family Roundabout centres on two matriarchs, around whom their two families spin. One is dreamy, laissez-faire, kindly and bookish; the other is controlling, managerial, efficient and energetic. 'Mrs Fowler's hands-off approach is on the face of it more appealing that Mrs Willoughby's repressive autocracy,' writes Juliet Aykroyd in her Preface, 'but in the end we are left pondering, What is a successful mother, or, come to think of it, a successful child?' The two women try hard, but inevitably the family roundabout goes round and round, the riders go up and down, and both must accept their children as they really are, rather than as they would like them to be; for all their efforts, whether misplaced or well-meaning, as it used to say above nursery doors - 'tout laisse, tout casse, tout passe'. This is quite a sardonic book, certainly it is not anodyne, and the reader is led to conclude that neither Mrs Fowler nor Mrs Willoughby have spun the roundabout quite as they should. NNN 7.
Published by imusti, 2001
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by Persephone Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: Pieuler Store, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: good. 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed ! The book shows some signs of wear from use but is a good readable copy. Cover in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages in great shape, no tears. Not contain access codes, cd, DVD.
Published by Peresphone Books, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: Barnaby, Oxford, United Kingdom
Book
Softcover. Condition: Good. Lightly worn covers, but otherwise in good condition. All pages free from notes or highlighting. Spine intact, bindings firm. Size: 19.2 x 14 x 3.1 cm. 361 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Mothers; Social classes; Widows; England; Families; ISBN: 1903155134. ISBN/EAN: 9781903155134. Add. Inventory No: 231018HAN015025.
Published by Persephone Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Richmal Crompton created William, the pugnacious anti-hero of thirty books selling over 8 million copies in her lifetime; but their author once hinted that a 'Frankenstein monster' had ambushed her forty novels for adults. Persephone Books publishes a 1948 novel about the life of two families during the inter-war years. Instead of seeing William at odds with adults, we are shown the matriarchs around whom their families spin; but whether they direct their children gently or forcefully, in the end they have to accept them as they are.We see that families can both entrap and sustain; that parents and children must respect each other; and that happiness necessitates jumping or being pushed off the family roundabout. This 1948 novel by the author of the 'Just William' stories presents the life of two families during the inter-war years. We are shown the contrasting matriarchs around whom their families spin; but whether they direct their children gently or forcefully, in the end they have to accept them as they are. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: Pieuler Store, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: new. Book is in NEW condition. Satisfaction Guaranteed! Fast Customer Service!!.
Published by Persephone Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.05.
Published by Persephone Books Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1903155134ISBN 13: 9781903155134
Seller: The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, SD, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: New.