Go Saddle the Sea
by Aiken, Joan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- F-/F-
- ISBN 10
- 022401546X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224015462
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1978 F-/F-. 8vo. original green boards gilt (prev. owner's small label to FFE, leaf edges tanned & a little dustmarked, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (backstrip a trifle sunned, barely perceptible); pp. 304 (last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy. Inscribed on half-title 'For Margaret from Joan Aiken'. The first novel in the Felix trilogy.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/F-. Illus. by Pat Marriott.
Synopsis
Felix Brooke, the orphaned son of an English soldier and an aristocratic Spanish mother, has been raised in the strict, loveless household of his grandfather in Villaverde, Spain. When Felix gains possession of a letter that contains a clue to the whereabouts of his father’s family, he gladly runs away form home to pursue the trail. His journey from Spain to far-off England begins the adventure of a lifetime.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011276
- Title
- Go Saddle the Sea
- Author
- Aiken, Joan
- Illustrator
- Pat Marriott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Jacket Condition
- F-
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 022401546X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224015462
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Joan Aiken Go Saddle the Sea Felix Brooke Childrens Literature Historical Adventure
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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