King of the Wind : The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
by Marguerite Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Collins, London, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Wesley Dennis. Hardcover. 175 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, London, 1948. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear and moderate chips and/or tears. . Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. . Foxing to top edge of pages. *** Illustrator: Wesley Dennis. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 23070117..
Synopsis
King of the Wind is a novel by Marguerite Henry that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1949. It was made into a 1990 movie.
Reviews
On Dec 12 2009, Phone said:
KIng of the Wind is a great book about the Godolphin Arabian,Sham and horseboy,Agba.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23070117
- Title
- King of the Wind : The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
- Author
- Marguerite Henry
- Illustrator
- Wesley Dennis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Children & Young Adult; King of the Wind : The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children & Young Adult;
Terms of Sale
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Traralgon, Victoria
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...