Items related to Period piece: a Cambridge childhood
Synopsis
To celebrate its 50 years in print, we are publishing this classic and much loved work as an Audio Book. Gwen Raverat, the granddaughter of Charles Darwin, described this memoir of her late Victorian Cambridge childhood as a drawing of the world when I was young. The observations of the small incidents in her life and of her eccentric Darwin family, recorded here in her inimitably charming prose reveal an artist's careful eye. Vividly evoking a bygone era, it is a shrewd, touching and comic portrait of her childhood, her eccentric relations, and of Cambridge academic society. Recorded on 11 cassettes, Anne Harvey brings out the wit and charm of the author and captures the essence of this delightful cameo of a privileged childhood in the Victorian era.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Gwen Raverat, nee Darwin, was the leading wood-engraving artist of the 20th Century. She illustrated a number of books both with her distinctive line drawings and characteristic wood-engravings, and prints from her original blocks are much sought after today. She married the French painter Jacques Raverat who died aged just 40 from MS. They were both part of the Bloomsbury Group and of Rupert Brooke's Neo-Pagans. Their correspondence with Virginia Woolf is the subject of Clear Press's Virginia Woolf and the Raverats. Gwen Raverat did not start writing Period Piece until she was 63.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Search results for Period piece: a Cambridge childhood
Stock Image
Period piece: a Cambridge childhood
Published by
Readers Union--Faber and Faber, 1954
ISBN 10: 0571035019
ISBN 13: 9780571035014
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # SB06OS-02037
Seller Image
Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
hardcover. Condition: near fine. Illustrated by the author in b/w. 282 pages. 8vo, decorative patterned cloth(page edges bumped in several places). London: Faber & Faber, (1980). A near fine copy. Hand-bound by Delhi Deaf Women's Bookcraft Co-operative. Seller Inventory # 333357
Seller Image
Period Piece
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Seller Inventory # rev9308474703
Buy Used
US$ 29.66
US$ 10.78 shipping
Ships from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Ships from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Period Piece A Cambridge childhood
Seller: LittleWing Bookshop, Saint-Séverin, France
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Seller Inventory # ABE-1739012570255
Buy Used
US$ 11.79
US$ 45.79 shipping
Ships from France to U.S.A.
Ships from France to U.S.A.
Quantity: 1 available