The King's Fifth
by O'Dell, Scott
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0440445388
- ISBN 13
- 9780440445388
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Dell Publishing, 1976. Very Good/Unknown. Octavo, softcover, pages beginning to brown else VG in green pictorial wraps. Newbery honor book. Dell yearling. Writing in his cell during the days of his trial for withholding the "King's Fifth" (royal share of treasure) Esteban, young mapmaker with Coronado, recalls his adventures into the unknown American Southwest. 264 pp.
Synopsis
In this deeply affecting novel Scott O’Dell envelops the reader in the heroic world of the conquistadorsa world that is at once somber and many-colored. Though they may have been ruthless, these steel-helmeted young men of Spain lived their lives on the very edge of eternity with style and uncommon courage.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39235
- Title
- The King's Fifth
- Author
- O'Dell, Scott
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0440445388
- ISBN 13
- 9780440445388
- Publisher
- Dell Publishing, 1976
- Place of Publication
- New York, Usa.
- This edition first published
- May 1976
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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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...