Author: JACOBS, ANNA
Title: Pride of Lancashire
Description: London, Hodder and Stoughton. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340840714). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition First Printing. Gold title on red boards which are clean and unmarked with slight bumping to lower corner tips. Internally very clean and unmarked with a minor production fault to front endpaper of a small corner folded over. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket is VG+ and is not price clipped. The Lancashire born author emigrated to Australia in 1973 but regularly returns to England. This novel is set in the early days of the music hall and the main character is Carrie Preston, oldest of ten, with an incompetent mother and she is the one who struggles to find food for the younger children. Her drunken father knocks her unconscious and she is rescued by Eli Beckett from the Dragon pub and offered a cleaning job there, a job which leads to friendship and hopes for a better future. NOT EX LIB NOT LARGE PRINT 21. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Historical Fiction, 19th Century, Music Hall, Carrie Preston, Eli Beckett, Dragon Pub 0340840714


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