Sold For A Farthing by Clare Kipps. Ref: B6188

Title: Sold For A Farthing.
Author/Editor: Clare Kipps.
Synopsis: The book is a factual account of how Kipps, while working as an air-raid warden in London in World War Two, finds a newborn baby sparrow on her doorstep half dead, takes him in and nurses him with no realistic hope for his survival. The sparrow lives, though he has a damaged wing and cannot fly well, and she keeps him in her home where she lives alone. The two, woman and bird, develop a close, loving relationship, sharing a bed and establishing routines that he learns quickly (when she returns from her nights out as air-raid warden he breakfasts with her, then leads her to bed where he snuggles down with her to sleep). The book is full of winning anecdotes about his moods, love for her, jealousy towards other people who intrude on their Eden; how he sits on her hand while she plays the piano and sings in a very unusual way for a sparrow. He lives to the astonishing age of twelve, having become quite famous in Blitz-weary London, performing card tricks and singing to audiences.
Illustrated: Photographs.
Publishing Details: Frederick Muller, London, 1956, 12th Impression.
ISBN #: 
Cover Type: Green cloth board with illustrated dust jacket.
Number of Pages: 72.
Condition: Book is tightly bound, clean, with no loose or damaged pages. Dust jacket is in poor condition with half of the front missing.
Images shown are of the item you will receive.
Book Weight: 142g
Packed Postal Weight: 242g
Book Measurements: 15x12.5x1cm
Packed Postal Measurements: 17x15x2cm
Posted as: Medium letter with tracking.
Posted From: Collectables Centre, Mumbil, NSW 2820, Australia.

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