An Episode of Sparrows
1956 first edition of Rumer Godden's post-war classic
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Printing Details
First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20.5 × 13.5cm, 265pp.
A novel set in post-war London. Someone has been digging up the private garden in the Square. Miss Angela Chesney of the Garden Committee is sure that a gang of local boys is to blame, but her sister, Olivia, isn’t so sure. She wonders why the neighbourhood children – ‘sparrows’ she calls them – have to be locked out: don’t they have a right to enjoy the garden too? Nobody has any idea what sends Lovejoy Mason and her few friends in search of ‘good garden earth’. Still less do they imagine where their investigation will lead them – to a struggling restaurant, a bombed-out church, and, at the heart of it all, a hidden garden.
Condition
The book itself is in very good condition, with a little spotted foxing to the fore-edge and a previous owner's name to the ffep. The dustwrapper has slight loss to the head of the spine, some foxing to the rear, and is also a little tanned to the spine. However, it has not been price-clipped and is now within a protective sleeve.
Price
£20.00
