HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1972* Publisher: Faber & Faber.* Binding and cover condition: Dull blue cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minor fade at head and tail of spine. VG++* Jacket condition: Illustrated dust wrapper with grey and claret text and black hieroglyphics, NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £2.25. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine still in clear library jacket. Showing some age to jacket. VG* Contents condition: Ex-library copy with usual stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, top edge slightly dusty, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 176 pp. text. ii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: Noah realises there will be a flood. The task of assembling the animals and people for the Great Ark is not an easy one, and it is Reuben, the animal trainer, who undertakes to solve this problem. He is accompanied by a lazy dog, a jealous camel and socially mobile cat in this adventure. Rosemary Harris was awarded the Library Association's Carnegie Medal for this book which is the first in "The Moon in the Cloud" trilogy. She also wrote "The Little Dog of Fo", "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Lotus and the Grail".* A NEAR VG+ copy with some age reducing it to VG.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3498
Title: The Moon in the Cloud
Author: Harris, Rosemary
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG++/VG
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition Thus, 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0571086705
ISBN 13: 9780571086702
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Place of Publication: London Uk 176
Date Published: 1972-01-01
Size: 20.3 x 13.5 x 2 cm

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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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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