Lively (Penelope) The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
£175
London, Heinemann, 1973.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
In this Carnegie Medal-winning children’s novel, a family moves into an old Oxfordshire cottage and their son James is harassed by poltergeist-like mischief; chalk messages, smashed bottles and mysterious voices. The culprit turns out to be the ghost of a 17th century apothecary, Thomas Kempe, who wants to make James his apprentice…
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A very good copy in very good jacket.
Illustrations and jacket by Antony Maitland.
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