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Waterslain Angels.
by CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Orion Children's Books. London. 2008 1st edition.. 8vo. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With pictorial dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped). Author's signed inscription to main title page. Inserts loose in front include personal letters and card to and from the author. A very clean and tight copy. 192pp. Two girls set out to find Angels missing from the village church roof, a search which leads them into danger. Detective story set in the 1950s in the North Norfolk saltmarshes.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62979
- Title
- Waterslain Angels.
- Author
- CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Orion Children’s Books. London. 2008 1st edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Childrens KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Waterslain Angels, village church, danger, girls, Detective, 1950s, Norfolk, saltmarshes, signed, dustwrapper first edition
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The Antique Map & Bookshop
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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