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KING OF THE CLOUD FORESTS.
by MORPURGO, Michael.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Heinemann, 1987.. FIRST EDITION 1987, 8vo, dark blue boards, silver lettered, 146 pages. No illustrations. A boy, fleeing for his life when the Japanese invade China, forms a relationship with the mythical Tibetan Yetis and miraculously survives winter in the Himalayas. Heinemann file copy with stamp on front endpaper, tiniest bump at tail of spine. Otherwise Fine in almost Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, 3 mm (1/8") closed tear at top of upper hinge, neatly repaired on verso, tiny wrinkle at head of spine). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42495
- Title
- KING OF THE CLOUD FORESTS.
- Author
- MORPURGO, Michael.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Heinemann, 1987.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S NOVEL tibet yeti Himalayas
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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- Price Clipped
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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