Scholastic, 1998. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, except for a small closd tear. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children; Fiction. ISBN: 0590543016. ISBN/EAN: 9780590543019. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 12756. . 9780590543019

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The Sterkarm Handshake (1998) is a science fiction novel by Susan Price which won the 1999 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. It deals with time travel between the 21st and 16th centuries and its effect on the Sterkarms, an ancient Scottish.

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Bookseller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 12756
Title: The Sterkarm Handshake
Author: Susan Price
Format/Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine Condition
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0590543016
ISBN 13: 9780590543019
Publisher: Scholastic
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1998
Keywords: BZDB1 Children; Fiction. ISBN: 0590543016 EAN: 9780590543019 Susan Price The Sterkarm Handshake

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...