A novel by Mary Webb, the Shropshire Novelist. Her beautifully crafted characters are set against a timeless landscape that Webb knew intimately. Her finest achievement was the award of the Prix Femina, a coveted literary prize, for this her fifth novel, Precious Bane, a story of rural Shropshire in the early nineteenth century. This book was greatly admired by the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, who sent the author a letter of appreciation.
Genre: Romance
Genre: Romance
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Hardback Editions
February 2011 : Hardback
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September 2010 : Hardback
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November 2008 : Hardback
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May 2004 : Hardback
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January 1988 : Hardback
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January 1983 : Hardback
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January 1980 : Hardback
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September 1978 : Hardback
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1971 : Hardback
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January 1969 : Hardback
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December 1963 : Hardback
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1961 : Hardback
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1957 : Hardback
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1955 : Hardback
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1954 : Hardback
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1950 : Hardback
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January 1949 : Hardback
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January 1944 : Hardback
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1943 : Hardback
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January 1942 : Hardback
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1940 : Hardback
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January 1937 : Hardback
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January 1936 : Hardback
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January 1935 : Hardback
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January 1934 : Hardback
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January 1933 : Hardback
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May 1932 : Hardback
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January 1931 : Hardback
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January 1930 : Hardback
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January 1929 : Hardback
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January 1927 : Hardback
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January 1926 : Hardback
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January 1925 : Hardback
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January 1924 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
October 2011 : Paperback
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September 2010 : Paperback
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July 2008 : Paperback
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April 2008 : Paperback
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January 2006 : Paperback
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May 2004 : Paperback
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July 2003 : Paperback
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2002 : Paperback
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April 1998 : Paperback
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August 1990 : Paperback
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1989 : Paperback
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January 1988 : Paperback
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June 1985 : Mass Market Paperback
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1984 : Paperback
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1983 : Paperback
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January 1982 : Paperback
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July 1981 : Mass Market Paperback
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September 1980 : Paperback
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November 1978 : Paperback
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June 1978 : Paperback
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September 1972 : Paperback
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January 1958 : Paperback
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January 1956 : Paperback
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January 1949 : Mass Market Paperback
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January 1939 : Paperback
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January 1938 : Paperback
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January 1934 : Paperback
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January 1933 : Paperback
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1932 : Paperback
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January 1929 : Paperback
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1928 : Paperback
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January 1927 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
January 1999 : Audio Cassette
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March 1995 : Audio Cassette
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January 1989 : Audio Cassette
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Other Editions
January 2012 : Kindle edition
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November 2008 : Kindle edition
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