The Clerkenwell Tales
by ACKROYD, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1856197069
- ISBN 13
- 9781856197069
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 1856197069 . A first printing of Peter Ackroyd's historical novel, set in London in 1399. The story takes place in the convent of Clerkenwell, whose resident Sister Clarice might be a genuine prophet. --- In full black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket features details from various medieval-era illustrations. --- A clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy but with lightly tanned leaves and slightly rounded cover corners. Price-clipped dust jacket is birght and intact.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; viii, 213 pages .
Synopsis
Peter Ackroyd lives in London. He is the author of biographies of Dickens, Blake and Thomas More and of the bestselling London: The Biography . His most recent book is Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination . From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85241
- Title
- The Clerkenwell Tales
- Author
- ACKROYD, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1856197069
- ISBN 13
- 9781856197069
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- 1856197069
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Bluebird Books
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