Sylvia by Courtenay, Bryce

Viking. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Penguin Group Australia, Camberwell, Melbourne, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. acknowledgements. Pale tan coloured endpapers. Brown coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Bumping and rubbing to the backstrip edges, to the book corners and shelf wear to the lower book edges. Light browning to the text block edges. Photographic dustwrapper with gilt and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. Author photograph to the rear fold over panel. "Sylvia is a story of the Children's Crusade, which occurred in the year 1212. It is perhaps the strangest true event to have taken place in European history. I enjoyed the digging that uncovered it -- buried in a dark corner of times a long out of mind. It is also a story of how, throughout some of the darkest mediaeval times, the redeeming power and strength of a… Read More

Penguin Group Australia, Camberwell, Melbourne, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. acknowledgements. Pale tan coloured endpapers. Grape coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper with gilt and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Author photograph to the rear fold over panel. "Sylvia is a story of the Children's Crusade, which occurred in the year 1212. It is perhaps the strangest true event to have taken place in European history. I enjoyed the digging that uncovered it -- buried in a dark corner of times a long out of mind. It is also a story of how, throughout some of the darkest mediaeval times, the redeeming power and strength of a young woman's love and intelligent prevail over a poverty, brutality and bigotry. I trust you'll enjoy as much as I enjoyed taking a few scattered bones of mediaeval Latin and Arabic texts and recreating from them the story of Sylvia: a… Read More

Ringwood, Australia: Viking, 2006. Book. Very Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 812g, 498 pages. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Dust jacket is in good condition with only minor shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

Ringwood, Australia: Viking, 2006. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 812g, 498 pages. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Dust jacket is in good condition with only minor shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

Camberwell, Australia: Viking, 2006. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, first thus, 812g, 498 pages, brown endpapers. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout. Dust jacket is in good condition with only minor shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

Ringwood, Australia: Viking, 2006. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 812g, 498 pages. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Dust jacket is in good condition with only minor shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

Hardback. Good.

Melbourne: Viking. 2006. Octavo Size. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket (now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve). Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 498 pages. The fictional memoir of a teenage girl, Sylvia Honeyeater, during the Children's Crusade of the 13th century. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Penguin, Scoresby, VIC, Australia, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Hardcover. 498 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, Scoresby, VIC, Australia, 2006. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Pages are lightly tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: 'I am Sylvia Honeyeater; I think myself born around 1196, and this is the story of my life. I am cursed by folk as an optimist and a dreamer, which is a dangerous combination...' Sylvia is the story of the Children's Crusade, which occurred in the year 1212, and is perhaps the strangest true event to have taken place in European history. It is also a story of how, throughout some of the darkest medieval times, the redeeming power and strength of a young woman's love and intelligence prevail over poverty, brutality and… Read More