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Book Description Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. includes poem by R. M, Rilke. Silver coloured end pages. 1/4 blue coloured cloth covered back strip with silver coloured titles. 3/4 blue coloured boards with silver coloured titles. Slight fraying of the light blue place marker ribbon. "To Mrs Porter's establishment -- a Home away from Home for Homeless Gentlemen -- comes Thomas Dalton, recently and reluctantly returning to the community. Dalton is intent on a fresh start. So is Miss Emily Vales, fellow lodger, and recipient of Mrs Porter's tea leaves predictions. Across the park from Dalton's cold, bleak room is the large, overdraped house of his childhood, where now another consul's family lives. Intrigued in well-meaning, they welcomed him into the house, unaware of Dalton's past links -- and his yearnings." -- half title page. Rubbing of the book edges and panels and there are some dust marks and stains to the cloth covered back strip. Very light age toning of the text block edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 242 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0670876097. ISBN/EAN: 9780670876099. Inventory No: 0288301. Seller Inventory # 0288301
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First. 241 pp. Light scuffing and shallow dents to covers. Faint yellowing to edges of text block and outer page margins. All else as new. Bound-in placekeeping ribbon. "Love at its most desperate, lit by flashes of Jolley's wild humour, and sweetened by her patient tenderness." -- Helen Garner Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # 006537
Book Description Hardback. To Mrs Porter's establishment - a Home away from Home for Homeless Gentlemen - comes Dalton Foster, recently and reluctantly returning to the community. Dalton is intent on a fresh start. So is Miss Emily Vales, fellow lodger, and recipient of Mrs Porter's tea-leaves predictions. Across the park from Dalton's cold, bleak room is the large, overdraped house of his childhood, where now another Consul's family lives. Intrigued and well-meaning, they welcome him into the house, unaware of Dalton's past links - and his yearnings. 1997, First edition, first printing. A near fine copy only marked by a previous owners name and notation on the title page. {"length"=>["20"], "width"=>["13"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}. Seller Inventory # 17784677
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Printing of this Edition, 242 pages. Just out of long-term storage, appears unread. Seller Inventory # 045260
Book Description Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket - as issued. Signed by the author. 241 pages. Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 299958
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Original cloth-backed boards with silver lettering and decoration, ribbon marker. No dustwrapper as issued. Some foxing marks to top edges and minimal to side and bottom edges. Internal pages are clean but have faint yellowing shadow borders on pages most likely from sunlight. Signed: 'For Melinda, Elizabeth Jolly. 30.6.97'. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 00023