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THE WILDMAN.
by CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, Andre Deutsch, 1976.. FIRST EDITION 1976, small 4to, 200 x 205 mm, 8 x 8¼ inches, illustrated shiny green boards, no pagination. Brilliant black and white illustrations by Keeping throughout, text printed green. A weird and frightening East Anglian tale beautifully told by a captured merman and based on a few lines in a chronicle written in the reign of Henry II. No inscriptions, a touch of shelf wear to lower edges of covers, a near Fine copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, slightly rubbed at upper corner of upper panel (see image). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41777
- Title
- THE WILDMAN.
- Author
- CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Andre Deutsch, 1976.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- east anglia folk tale 12th century chronicle merman CHARLES KEEPING
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
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- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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- Dustwrapper
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- Edges
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- Shelf Wear
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- Fine
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