The Moon in the Cloud
by Harris, Rosemary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0571086705
- ISBN 13
- 9780571086702
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. 0571086705 . Previous owner's name and address on front endpaper. Dust-jacket has a 20mm tear and smaller tears to corners, small 4mm chips at corners. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 176 pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 201 x 131mm. Children's novel. Winner of the 1968 Carnegie Medal. "In the days before the Flood, when Noah was warned by a still small voice in the darkness, he was appalled: for what would become of his endearing neighbour, Reuben the animal-tamer and musician, with his enchanting wife, Thamar?" - from dust-jacket blurb. .
Synopsis
The Moon in the Cloud is a light-hearted children's historical fantasy by Rosemary Harris, first published in 1968. The novel is set in ancient Canaan and Egypt at the time of the Biblical Flood. It was awarded the Carnegie Medal for 1968, and was adapted for television in 1978. It was followed by two sequels, The Shadow on the Sun (1970) and The Bright and Morning Star (1972).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22482
- Title
- The Moon in the Cloud
- Author
- Harris, Rosemary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571086705
- ISBN 13
- 9780571086702
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1968)
- Keywords
- 0571086705
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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