The Silver Sword
by Serraillier, Ian
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Georgetown, South Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
IAN SERRAILLIER was born in London in 1912, the eldest of four children. When he was only six years old, Ian's father died, and as his mother was often not very well, he looked after his younger siblings, especially during their long summer holidays in Switzerland. After university, he became a teacher and a writer. When the Second World War broke out, Ian refused to fight, because he believed it is wrong ever to kill another person. Many people who believed this were sent to prison, but fortunately Ian was allowed to continue to teach. After the war, the newspapers were full of pictures of the ruined cities of Europe, and the children who had been orphaned or made homeless by the war. Ian was determined to tell their story. Ruth, Edek, Jan and Bronia are all based on real children, and even the silver sword paper knife was real. Ian Serraillier wrote many children's books but The Silver Sword is his most famous and most beloved, and it has never been out of print.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Laura Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029752
- Title
- The Silver Sword
- Author
- Serraillier, Ian
- Illustrator
- Hodges
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Silver Sword Serraillier
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens, Teenager, Young Adult;
Terms of Sale
Laura Books
About the Seller
Laura Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.