BLACK FOX OF LORNE
by Marguerite de Angeli
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good +/good +
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday and Co., 1956. later printing. Hardcover. Very good +/good +. 7 x 10 in. Pictoral paper boards. B&W map frontis and title pg., text illus. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean, minor shelf wear. Binding tight. Touch of toning to ffep, text clean and unmarked. DJ is GOOD+ ; clipped, very clean but a little misaligned, with the spine titles a bit off center. Mild toning to spine with a small bit of damage at center, a break but not a tear. Chil. Stax.
Synopsis
Black Fox of Lorne is a 1956 children's historical novel written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli. This Newbery Honor Book is about tenth-century Viking twins who shipwreck on the Scottish coast and seek to avenge the death of their father. They encounter loyal clansmen at war, kindly shepherds, power-hungry lairds, and staunch crofters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51932
- Title
- BLACK FOX OF LORNE
- Author
- Marguerite de Angeli
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- later printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1956
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.