Mortal Engines.
by Reeve, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Scholastic Press, 2001. First edition of the award-winning author's debut novel. Octavo, original red boards. Signed by Philip Reeve on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Frankland. The first of his young-adult, steampunk novels set in a post-apocalyptic world, 'Mortal Engines' is an astonishing tale of danger and adventure, which spawned a 2018 film adaptation from the same makers of 'The Lord of the Rings.'
Synopsis
Mortal Engines is the first of four novels in Philip Reeve's quartet of the same name, which is also known as the Hungry City Chronicles in the United States. The book has won a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and was shortlisted for the 2002 Whitbread Award.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145188
- Title
- Mortal Engines.
- Author
- Reeve, Philip
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scholastic Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Mortal Engines First Edition Signed, Philip Reeve First Edition Signed
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Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...