The Ghost of Grania O'Malley
by Morpurgo, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0434964883
- ISBN 13
- 9780434964888
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1996 * Publisher: Heineman Young Books.* Binding and cover condition: Purple cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine. Slight lean. No rubs, single bump to lower rear corner, minimal fade to edges. No other visible faults. VG.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £11.99. Minimal shelf wear to top edge. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with minimal reading wear. No marks to text, slight paper colouration throughout especially to top edges. VG.* Illustrations: None. * Pages: 183 pp. text. xi pp. postscript, advertisements & blank page at rear.* Description: Jessie O'Malley is a fighter, struggling to be accepted in spite of her cerebral palsy. With her American cousin Jack, they fight to save the Big Hill on Clare Island, and together, spurred on by the ghost of Grania O?Malley, they become unlikely allies and discover the joys and perils of a real adventure and of fighting for the things you really want.* A NEAR VG+ copy of the 1st./1st. with some age and wear reducing it to VG. Complete dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9418
- Title
- The Ghost of Grania O'Malley
- Author
- Morpurgo, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG/VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edn. 1st Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0434964883
- ISBN 13
- 9780434964888
- Publisher
- Mammoth
- Place of Publication
- UK 160
- This edition first published
- 1996
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