The Eagle of the Ninth
de Sutcliff, Rosemary
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- VG+/VG
- Librería
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
London: Oxford University Press, 1963 VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed, tiny tear to cloth on spine, a few faint spots & marks to leaf-edges & endpapers, else clean throughout) in dustwrapper (edges a little rubbed with minor fraying at extremities, matching tiny tear in spine, faint watermarking at tail of spine); pp. viii, 256, with illustrations. A very good copy of the author's most famous book.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG+/VG. Illus. by C. Walter Hodges.
Sinopsis
The Eagle of the Ninth is a historical adventure novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1954. The story is set in Roman Britain in the second century AD, after the building of Hadrian's Wall. A young Roman officer, Marcus Aquila, is trying to discover the truth about the disappearance of his father's legion in northern Britain.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 009233
- Título
- The Eagle of the Ninth
- Autor
- Sutcliff, Rosemary
- Ilustrador
- C. Walter Hodges
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - VG+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- VG
- Edición
- Reprint
- Editorial
- Oxford University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1963
- Palabras clave
- Rosemary Sutcliff Eagle of the Ninth Scotland Roman Britain Three Legions Childrens Literature Historical Fiction
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
Sobre Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Bricks and mortar bookshop with substantial online stock, specialising in travel and adventure books. Open by chance or appointment, most likely on weekends. Note that our online stock is stored off site, so best contact us in advance to check opening hours and arrange a viewing.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG+/VG
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
