SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2011* Publisher: Oxford Unversity Press.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing two Roman soldiers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: One b/w line drawn map at front.* Pages: 210 pp. text. vi pp. author?s notes, advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain-and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared and their eagle standard was lost. It's a mystery that's never been solved, until now . . . Marcus has to find out what happened to his father, who led the legion. So he sets out into the unknown, on a quest so dangerous that nobody expects him to return. This gripping epic set against the backdrop of Roman Britain has been a firm favourite with children and adults alike for over fifty years and is now the subject of a major film. This edition, with its movie tie-in cover, is being published to coincide with the film's UK release.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. fnl. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4677
Title: The Eagle film tie-in edition
Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - F/F/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL.
ISBN 10: 0192789996
ISBN 13: 9780192789990
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Place of Publication: Oxford UK. 216
Date Published: 2011-02-03
Size: 13.3 x 1.7 x 19.6 cm

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