The Shield Ring
by Sutcliff, Rosemary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/VG-
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1956 VG-/VG-. 8vo. original brown cloth gilt (water marking to tail of spine and lower edge, cloth a trifle mottled, top edge slightly speckled, a few small spots, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, edges creased & a little frayed, slight loss at spine ends, stained at tail edge, generally visible only on reverse); pp. x (last blank), 218 (last blank), with illustrations & map. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/VG-. Illus. by C. Walter Hodges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011969
- Title
- The Shield Ring
- Author
- Sutcliff, Rosemary
- Illustrator
- C. Walter Hodges
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Rosemary Sutcliff Shield Ring Cumbria Vikings Historical Fiction Childrens Literature
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
About 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.
Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- VG-/VG-
- A book in slightly less than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly less than Very Good Condition. Very Good...
- 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...