The King's Fifth
by O'Dell, Scott
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
O)'Dell, Scott: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966. Book. Illus. by Samuel Bryant. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. (8) 264 pp. Decorations and Maps by Samuel Bryant: First Edition, 1966. Not Price Clipped. Inscribed by the Author on ffep. Only the slightest wear to top and bottom edge spine dj. Very lightly age-toned text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 7.5" x 8.25". Black cloth with blind stamped decoration on front boards, and gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "The King's Fifth (1966) is a children's historical novel by Scott O'Dell that was the inspiration for the cartoon TV series The Mysterious Cities of Gold.[2] It describes, from the point of view of a teenage Spanish Conquistador, how the European search for gold in the New World of the Americas affected people's lives and minds. The title refers to the one fifth share of spoils expected by the Spanish Crown.".
Synopsis
In this deeply affecting novel Scott O’Dell envelops the reader in the heroic world of the conquistadors—a world that is at once somber and many-colored. Though they may have been ruthless, these steel-helmeted young men of Spain lived their lives on the very edge of eternity with style and uncommon courage.
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8756
- Title
- The King's Fifth
- Author
- O'Dell, Scott
- Illustrator
- Samuel Bryant
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- O)'Dell, Scott
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- LITERATURE YOUNG READERS MODERN AMERICAN AUTHORS CHILDREN'S FICTION HISTORICAL NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Tight
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- Price Clipped
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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