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Book Description Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Light toning to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear and some sun fading. Seller Inventory # 9999-9994614211
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 310 pages. Spine light fadedNgaio Marsh's detective novels ma de her name known throughout the world. Now, with all the insight and sense of style her readers have come to expect of her, her a utobiography reveals the influences and environment that have sha ped her personality. Widely acclaimed when first published in 196 5, Black Beech and Honeydew is a sensitive account of Ngaio Marsh 's childhood and adolescence in Christchurch and the establishmen t of her theatre and writing careers both there and in the UK. It captures all the joys, fears and hopes of a spirited young woman growing up and transmits an artist's gradual awareness of the sp ecial flavour of life in New Zealand and the individual character of its landscape. Fully revised and updated in 1981, this new ed ition is reissued 21 years later as a commemoration of Ngaio Mars h's life and work. It is a sanguine, poised, unpretentious, thoug htful and often moving record of a full life, and - despite its u navailability for nearly 20 years - has been acclaimed as her mos t distinguished work. No one who had read and enjoyed any of Ngai o Marsh's 32 novels can afford to overlook this gifted and charmi ng autobiography. Seller Inventory # 894m
Book Description Condition: Very Good. 310 pages. Seller Inventory # 1253181
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. British revised and enlarged edition, first printing, 1981. First thus. With original unclipped (priced to publisher's sticker) jacket (£8.95). Illustrated. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, the odd small mark, odd small crease/rub to edges and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners. Boards are very good with a hint of pushing/bumping to corners, a few rubs to edges, the odd small bump and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are slightly tanned. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Seller Inventory # 008548
Book Description Original Maroon Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Revised and enlarged Edition. 1981. 310pp. B&W images. "Ngaio Marsh's detective novels made her name known throughout the world. Now, with all the insight and sense of style her readers have come to expect of her, her autobiography reveals the influences and environment that have shaped her personality. Widely acclaimed when first published in 1965, Black Beech and Honeydew is a sensitive account of Ngaio Marsh's childhood and adolescence in Christchurch and the establishment of her theatre and writing careers both there and in the UK. It captures all the joys, fears and hopes of a spirited young woman growing up and transmits an artist's gradual awareness of the special flavour of life in New Zealand and the individual character of its landscape. Fully revised and updated in 1981, this new edition is reissued 21 years later as a commemoration of Ngaio Marsh's life and work. It is a sanguine, poised, unpretentious, thoughtful and often moving record of a full life, and - despite its unavailability for nearly 20 years - has been acclaimed as her most distinguished work. No one who had read and enjoyed any of Ngaio Marsh's 32 novels can afford to overlook this gifted and charming autobiography." Book and unclipped jacket are in excellent condition with no inscriptions. Seller Inventory # LitMarsh02
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Original dust cover laminated to boards. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller. Seller Inventory # mon0000078747
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Revised Edition. Burgundy boards with gold lettering to the spine. Some minor bumping to the spine. Glazed pictorial unclipped dust jacket with a faded spine. Now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. Neat inscription to the front end paper, no further inscriptions. 310pp, black and white photographs included and clean and bright pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request). Seller Inventory # 018685
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. 1982 second edition hardback in fine condition. No marks, clean and bright, tight binding, flawless red cloth boards, almost like new. In its original, unclipped dust wrapper with a little sunning to spine, otherwise just light shelf wear. A lovely copy. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback. Seller Inventory # 009851