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The Valley of Secrets

Uncorrected proof of Charmian Hussey's The Valley of Secrets

Charmian Hussey; illustrated by Christopher Crump
Uncorrected Proof. 8vo. Pp. [x], 384. Illustrated wraps. Acknowledgements; List of Species; Select Bibliography; Relevant Organisations. Line drawings by Christopher Crump. Originally published by the tiny Saint Piran Press in Cornwall in 2003 in a limited edition of 225 hardbacks and 3,000 paperbacks. A second printing of 1,000 hardbacks followed in March 2004.
A 17-year time gap elapsed between the novel's penning and its publication, during which time the manuscript was stored in the author's loft. The plot set in Cornwall and the Amazon rain forest set off a bidding war between metropolitan London publishers, with Hodder Headline eventually winning the rights.
"An ambitious blend of fantasy, mystery, and ecological adventure." School Library Journal
format
uncorrected proof
publisher
Hodder Children's Books / Hodder Headline
published in
London
publication year
2004
ISBN
0340893494
genre
children's
language
English
binding state
original binding
condition
fine
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ref.U2K 7R2