The Dancing Bear

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Overview:

Title: The Dancing Bear
Author: Peter Dickinson
Year: 1977
ISBN-10: 0140306781
Publisher: Puffin
Price: £0.55
Pages: 239
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Dancing Bear
Notes: Second printing of the Puffin 1974 edition.
Canada $1.50
Unfortunately, on the copy used for this data, the printed prices are covered with a non-peel sticker. The Canadian price can be discerned reasonably clearly when lit from behind; the United Kingdom price is not so clear, but seems to be 55p.