THE VALLEY OF SECRETS.**
by HUSSEY**, CHARMIAN:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE./FINE.
- ISBN 10
- 0340893494
- ISBN 13
- 9780340893494
- Seller
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About This Item
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - price printed to rear panel of dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt colour+b/w pictorial artwork by Christopher Crump,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean,original,plain blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip,a blue+ white headband and immaculate b/w map decorated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus, 1-386pp [paginated] includes Pts1+2 comprising 78 chapters and an epilogue,b/w line illustrated chapter head +tailpieces by Christopher Crump,acknowledgements,list of species,a select bibliography,a list of relevant organisations; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table and 4pp blanks to rear.
Abandoned as a baby,Stephen had nearly given up hope of ever finding his family.
This epic adventure follows his change in fortunes as he receives an unexpected letter from a strange source and sets off on an unforgettable journey.From a drab room in London,where the rain confirms the greyness in his life,Stephen travels to a Cornish Valley; remote,exquisitely beautiful and heavy with secrets.This unique tale, beautifully decorated with Christopher Crump's highly detailed pen and ink drawings,will absorb your reading moments as it sweeps from London to Cornwall to the Amazonian rain forest on a journey which is, quite simply unforgettable.
A children's novel written 17 years ago,and was stored in a loft for over a decade,before being published and expresses the ex-model's interest in indigenous tribal peoples of the world,her concern for the world's rainforests and her love of the Cornish countryside,where she now lives and farms with her husband.
Book was originally published the previous year,2003,in soft cover by St Piran Press and caused quite a stir on it's publication.This is the first UK,trade HB edn,other than the earlier UK,SIGNED,Ltd.,edns by Saint Piran Press 2003,of 250 (1st) and 1000,(2nd imp), respectively.
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE VALLEY OF SECRETS.**
- Author
- HUSSEY**, CHARMIAN:
- Illustrator
- illus by Christopher Crump. **
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0340893494
- ISBN 13
- 9780340893494
- Publisher
- LONDON.HODDER CHILDREN'S BOOKS,2004.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2004
- Keywords
- q52.CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0340893494.Children's illustrated fiction.Illus_Christopher Crump.Debut novels.Cornwall.Amazonian rainforest_indigenous peoples.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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