The Peacock Spring
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One of the finest English novelists. (Orville Prescott)
A youthful romance highlights the cultural differences for a young British woman in India.
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0333180429I3N01
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0333180429I4N01
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR002072842
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. Good DJ with some edge wear, slight fading to spine and creasing. Seller Inventory # 9999-99991601156
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is slightly shelf rubbed. internally clean and tightly bound. Some pages were loose but have been repaired. [TN]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # dp26
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. jacket is a bit chipped. contents are lightly foxed. internally clean and soundly bound. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 10nk
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Ex library copy with usual stamps and marks inside, some sunning to covers, corners bumped and slightly rubbed, some foxing. ; Library binding with DJ bound in. Good reading copy, no names inside. ; 252 pages; The two daughters of diplomat Sir Edward are abruptly removed from their English boarding school to join him in India. There they find a Eurasian governess Alix waiting for them. But is she more than just a governess? One of the daughters, Una, is 15 and finds the Indian under-gardener Ravi fascinating. There is an undercurrent of caste and class distinction in the household, the gulf between the diplomats and the Indian servants is huge, and Alix has a foot in both worlds. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 30022
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 251 pages. DJ worn, Foxing. Seller Inventory # 5086p
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 251 p., 23 cm. Subjects: Fiction in English. British - India - Fiction. Fathers and daughters - Fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 300461
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 251 p., 23 cm. Subjects: Fiction in English. British - India - Fiction. Fathers and daughters - Fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 300461