Miss Carter Came With Us
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded; price clipped. Page Condition: Good with signs of aging. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible.
A charming and nostalgic picture book, Miss Carter Came With Us captures the warmth and wonder of an Edwardian childhood through the eyes of young Helen and her family. Rendered in Helen Bradley's signature naive painting style, the story chronicles a seaside holiday to Blackpool, complete with steam trains, bustling station platforms, and the much-loved family friend Miss Carter. Bradley's vivid, detail-rich illustrations bring turn-of-the-century Lancashire life to glorious colour, presenting scenes that are simultaneously intimate and panoramic. The book is part of Bradley's celebrated autobiographical series, which earned widespread admiration for its joyful, unsentimental portrait of a bygone era in the English north.
Author: Helen Bradley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Childrens fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded; price clipped. Page Condition: Good with signs of aging. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible.
A charming and nostalgic picture book, Miss Carter Came With Us captures the warmth and wonder of an Edwardian childhood through the eyes of young Helen and her family. Rendered in Helen Bradley's signature naive painting style, the story chronicles a seaside holiday to Blackpool, complete with steam trains, bustling station platforms, and the much-loved family friend Miss Carter. Bradley's vivid, detail-rich illustrations bring turn-of-the-century Lancashire life to glorious colour, presenting scenes that are simultaneously intimate and panoramic. The book is part of Bradley's celebrated autobiographical series, which earned widespread admiration for its joyful, unsentimental portrait of a bygone era in the English north.