A novella for young people set in the very Late Stone Age. Crookleg is an artist and innovator in a world more interested in warfare and ritual, and this brief tale -- Treece's last novel -- tells the story of his adventures with various different peoples.
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 96 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Notes; Illustrated by Charles Keeping ; with a postscript by Rosemary Sutcliff. Subjects; Children's stories in English 1945- Texts. Dream -- Juvenile fiction. Prehistoric peoples -- Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 470611
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 96 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Notes; Illustrated by Charles Keeping ; with a postscript by Rosemary Sutcliff. Subjects; Children's stories in English 1945- Texts. Dream -- Juvenile fiction. Prehistoric peoples -- Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 470611
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Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Paperback. Condition: Fair. At the dawn of human existence a young boy named Crookleg has mastery over a new kind of magic. His people, deeply superstitious, curse him for they fear his magic will harm the barley crop and the community. But Crookleg finds himself not agreeing with their opinions. His magic, the ability to make pictures of animals eventually finds him cast out. When he ventures into the dangerous lands beyond his home he finds danger, a new name, starvation and eventually family. Cover worn, pages tanned. 96 pages. Seller Inventory # 1544358
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Seller: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Treece, Henry. The dream-time / illustrated by Charles Keeping ; with a postscript by Rosemary Sutcliff. Leicester: Knight Books, 1973. Paperback, Good. Illustrated covers with vertical crease to front top corner, mild shelfwear to edges and corners, and slight rubbing to spine edges. Binding strong. ownership signature to half-title. 96pp., b/w illustrations. Light foxing to edges of page block. Contents clean and bright. Henry Treece (22 December 1911 10 June 1966) was a British poet and writer who also worked as a teacher and editor. He wrote a range of works but is mostly remembered as a writer of children's historical novels. Seller Inventory # ABE-1709650078516
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