Hardback with dust-wrapper. 273pp. Inscribed by Jill Paton Walsh to front free end-paper, also includes separate handwritten card from the author to Ann and Anthony Thwaite. 1st US edition 1974. Spotting to edges. Slightest wear to d/w. A pleasing copy. (an11).

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Emperor's Winding Sheet

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York

Publication Date

1974

Language

English

ISBN 10

0374321604

ISBN 13

9780374321604

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

1st US Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Good

Signed

Inscribed By Author

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Novel

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Synopsis

An English boy, shipwrecked, hungry, and lost, finds his way into the court of Constantine where he is interpreted as a symbol of good luck and, as such, ordered to be kept always near the king.

About the Author

Jill Paton Walsh was born in London and was educated at Oxford. She currently lives in Cambridge where, with John Rowe Townsend, she runs a small specialist imprint, Green Bay Publications.

She is the author of many award-winning books for children. She won the Book World Festival Award in 1970 for Fireweed: the Whitbread Prize in 1974 for The Emperor's Winding Sheet: the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in 1976 for Unleaving; the Universe Prize in 1984 for A Parcel of Patterns and the Smarties Prize Grand Prix in 1986 for Gaffer Samson's Luck.

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