Moonfleet
by Falkner, J. Meade
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Brown decorated cloth. Fine, in Very Good, unclipped dust jacket with short closed tear to rear panel
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Early reprint (Sept., 1951). Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown decorated cloth. Fine, in Very Good, unclipped dust jacket with short closed tear to rear panel. Early reprint (Sept., 1951). Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. 1 vols. 8vo.
Synopsis
Moonfleet is a tale of smuggling by the English novelist J. Meade Falkner, first published in 1898. The book was extremely popular among children worldwide up until the 1970s, mostly for its themes of adventure and gripping storyline. It remains a popular story widely read and is still sometimes studied in schools.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 226888
- Title
- Moonfleet
- Author
- Falkner, J. Meade
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Brown decorated cloth. Fine, in Very Good, unclipped dust jacket with short closed tear to rear panel
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early reprint (Sept., 1951)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Juveniles
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- Fine
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- Reprint
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- Jacket
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