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Buy this book on-line MONTGOMERY**, HUGH: : The Voyage of The Arctic Tern.** [Author SIGNED copy.]LONDON.WALKER BOOKS LTD.,2002. ISBN 0744592518.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten blue ink dedication+signature: 'To Mariella,Best
Wishes Hugh Montgomery' to half-title page,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean colour pictorial illustrated artwork by Gary Blythe and the lettering by Jovicz Veljovic dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to both top+bottom edges - no nicks or tears present.Sharp-cornered,bright,clean paper-covered boards with black ink printed letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate black line illustration to lilac background endpapers.Top+
fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,10-212pp [paginated] includes Books 1-3 +Endings & Beginnings,profuse b/w line illus by Nick Poullis to page tops+margins,plus [unpaginated] b/w line illus vignetted,author SIGNED half-title page,similar vignetted illustated title page,foreword,and acknowledgements to rear.
"Things happen here in Plymouth in the winter.
And of such things you'd surely never learn.
So take your seat and listen while I tell you
Of Bruno and his ship,The Arctic Tern......"
'The Voyage of The Arctic Tern' is a classic tale of treason and treasure that sweeps across many centuries and different lands,from Scandinavia to Spain to the south-west of England.At its heart is the ship's skipper, Bruno,cursed to a life of eternal wandering for a moment of greed and betrayal.His quest for release brings him to the court of the King of Spain and a battle with an ancient adversary,the
villainous pirate Mad Dog Morgan.Can Bruno and his crew set right the wrongs of the past and present?
Will good triumph over evil? How can The Arctic Tern's captain ever find the redemption he seeks?
Vividly narrated in stirring verse that demands to be read aloud,this is an extraordinary and epic adventure story that will appeal across the ages,to children and to adults - to all who love a thrilling story,memorably told.
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