JOHN DIAMOND.
by GARFIELD, Leon.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Kestrel, 1980.. FIRST EDITION 1980, 8vo, purple boards gilt, 180 pages. Illustrated by Antony Maitland. No inscriptions, a Fine crisp clean copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, spine slightly faded. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Synopsis
LEON GARFIELD was born in Brighton in 1921. He was the acclaimed author of more than thirty novels for children and adults including Devil in the Fog , winner of the inaugural Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize in 1967, The God Beneath the Sea , winner of the 1970 Carnegie Medal, and John Diamond , winner of the 1980 Whitbread literary award. He was also elected a member of the Royal Society of Literature. He died in 1996.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45469
- Title
- JOHN DIAMOND.
- Author
- GARFIELD, Leon.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Kestrel, 1980.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children's historical novel fiction history
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