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UK.FROME,SOMERSET.The Chicken House,2003.

ISBN 1904442099.

UK,thick,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Originally and first published in Germany as 'Tinenhertz' by Cecilie Dressler Verlag 2003.Translated from the German by Anthea Bell.Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour pictorial,gilt decorated illustrated front panel of dw/dj by Carol Lawson,also with gilt lettering,similar lettering to dw/dj spine/backstrip too; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.A production fault of an approx 2/5" diagonal wrinkle/crease to rear,lower corner of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,thick, small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-544pp [paginated] includes 59 chapters,non-credited b/w line illustrated chapter head+tailpieces,author+publisher's thanks to verso of the last page,plus [unpaginated] b/w line vignetted half-title,title page,and an epigram. Author's 2nd novel following the acclaimed succes of her first 'The Thief Lord'. Meggie loves books.So does her father,Mo, a bookbinder,although he's never read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared.They live quietly until the night a stranger arrives with a warning. The next day,Mo starts packing but won't tell Meggie why.They must go into hiding. But from what? From whom? Soon,Mo's secret is revealed.He has the amazing ability to breathe life into stories,to make characters come alive. Years ago,he accidentally released a merciless villain from a book called 'Inkheart'.And now,this hateful criminal is after Mo and his extraordinary gift. . . . Meggie is hurled into the adventure of a lifetime,where the imaginary has become real.It's up to her to find a way to alter the course of the story that holds them all in its power. Cornelia Funke's new masterpiece is a stoy beyond words,a tale that takes you into the magical heart of books.Dare to read it aloud. Read it! Try page 89. As an international best-selling author, her previous novel,'The Thief Lord' won the Zurich Children's Book Award given by the Vienna House of Literature.First published in English by The Chicken House in 2002,it has sold more than half a million copies.In the USA,it won the American Library Association's Mildred L. Batchelder Award for a translated book. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,thick,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.