Local Customs by Thomas Audrey (18 results)

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Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Local Customs. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Canadian First. Complete number line from 1 to 5; signed by Audrey Thomas on the title page with no inscription; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectible condition. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very light wear to edges, otherwise fine.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 188 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Very light wear, signed by the author.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. This is a fictionalized history account of the life of Letitia Elizabeth Landon. When she was at school at Oxford she signed her poetry - L.E.L - to conceal her identity. The bulk of the story - circa 1836 - takes place in Africa's Gold Coast where `Letty' went as a married woman. Read more about: Kudjoe, Lossiemouth, flogging, Seacliffe Hoitel, rhymester, five shillings, by-blows, feather dusters, and Mrs. Daisy Harkness. A b/w map of Aftica is the only illustration. Cond : Paper wrapper has black (and white) lettering and a colourful wrapper. In all senses, CLEAN and crisp and bright. No names. Giftable !! QUote (p. 141) : " ._._. was so caught up in Castle business he never noticed how listlessly I pushed the food around my plate. I had terrible dreams, but when I awoke, shaking and sweaty, I could not remember them. Mrs. Bailey began going through her trunk to see ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. Harry Borgman (cover) (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED BY AUDREY THOMAS on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; Local Customs examines, in poetically rendered detail, a way of life that has faded into history. It was a time when religious and cultural assimilation in the British colonies resulted in a new and strange social order. Letty speaks from beyond the grave and let the reader see the world through her eyes and to explore the mystery of her death. Was she disturbed enough to kill herself or was someone - or something - else involved. Signed by Author(s).…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Nominated for the 2016 Forest of Reading Evergreen AwardNominated for the 2014 Victoria Book Prize An Englishwoman's mysterious death in 19th-century West Africa haunts those left behind.Letitia Landon, 'Letty' to her friends, is an intelligent, witty, successful writer, much sought after for dinner parties and soirées in the London of the 1830s. But, still single at thirty-six, she fears ending up as a wizened crone in a dilapidated country cottage, a cat her only companion. Just as she is beginning to believe she will never marry, she meets George Maclean, home on leave from his position as the governor of Cape Coast Castle on the Gold Coast of West Africa. George and Letty marry quietly and set sail for Cape Coast. Eight weeks later she is dead - not from malaria or dysentery or any of the multitude of dangers in her new home, but by her own hand. Or so it would seem. Local Customs examines, in poetic detail, a way of life that has faded into history. It was a time when religious and cultural assimilation in the British colonies gave rise to a new, strange social order. Letty speaks from beyond the grave to let the reader see the world through her eyes and explore the mystery of her death. Was she disturbed enough to kill herself, or was someone - or something - else involved. …

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnAudrey Thomas has published seventeen previous novels and short story collections. Her novels Intertidal Life and Coming Down from Wa were nominated for Governor General s Literary Awards and won B.C. s Et.

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