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Skellig
by Almond, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Hodder Children's Books, 1999, 1999. Hard Cover. SIGNED COPY. Reprint. Octavo. [6], 170 pp. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Publishers' navy blue cloth with silver titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. A few very faint marks to lower board,top edge lightly foxed and dusty and inner front hinge opened slightly too wide at title page otherwise a fine copy. Inscribed by the Author to title page in black ink: "To Jacquetta Happy reading! David Almond." Jacket lightly foxed & damp-stained to reverse (invisible when jacket is on book). Critically acclaimed novel and Whitbread Award winner.
Synopsis
Skellig is a children's novel by David Almond, for which Almond was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1998 and also the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award. In 2007 it was selected by judges of the CILIP Carnegie Medal for children's literature as one of the ten most important children's novels of the past 70 years.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5075
- Title
- Skellig
- Author
- Almond, David
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; Hodder Children's Books, 1999
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Children's
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
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