London: Headline. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0747200769 . 125 p. 25 cm. Sound and square binding in blue, cloth-covered boards. A few impression marks on the upper board and some light rubbing both boards. Small remainder dot on bottom edge of the text block. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has wear at top of spine, and is rubbed overall. Not price clipped. Lightly, if ever, read. A collection of three Brother Cadfael stories, previously published in mystery anthologies, which tell of his life as he decides to join the monastery. Includes colour illustrations. .

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Bookseller: Homeward Bound Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1547
Title: A Rare Benedictine
Author: Peters, Ellis
Illustrator: Clifford Harper
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0747200769
ISBN 13: 9780747200765
Publisher: Headline
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1988
Keywords: 0747200769
Bookseller catalogs: Mysteries;

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Homeward Bound Books is an online bookshop operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario. We specialize in children's and illustrated books – collectible and reading copies; and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. We have thousands of books yet to be catalogued. So, please contact us to be added to our client list, and we will let you know when we have books of interest to you. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.

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Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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