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Buy this book on-line McCAUGHREAN**, GERALDINE: : The Death Defying Pepper Roux.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]UK.OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS,2009. ISBN 9780192756022.
UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's black ink,bold and expansive handwritten signature - without dedication - to title page,just below her printed name,and no price-clip to dw/dj.[Book was signed at Bath Frestival,2009.] Bright, crisp,clean,matt,pictorial black silhouette artwork by Chris Inns,illustrated dw/dj, with brown,black,grey lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.A circular,'Signed copy' adhesive label to front panel of dw/dj. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - just one small dog-ear reading crease to top corner of pp71/2 - otherwise,otherwise virtually as new.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original dark red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt numerals (1 to 14) to front board and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-241pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters - each with a black silhouette illustration chapter headpiece.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED title page,a dedication,contents list/table,and 6pp blanks at rear.See also my book ID rja625316 for another title by this author: 'MYTHS and LEGENDS of the WORLD - THE SILVER TREASURE.'
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On the morning of his fourteenth birthday, Pepper has been awake for fully two minutes before realizing it was the day he must die.This had to be the day everyone had been waiting for - and he was terrified he would disappoint them,make a poor showing,let people down.
Pepper Roux has his whole life ahead of him.If he's lucky,that's 14 hours by the hall clock.But Pepper isn't ready to die.
So he sets sail on a sea of adventures,inviting disaster and mayhem at every turn.
Despite the trail of chaos behind him,can
Pepper escape his fate - just for a while?
Join him on he run - if you can keep up . . .
This is a riot of an adventure starring an unforgettable hero who will stay with you long after his story has been told.
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink dedication and bold,florid signature to title page: 'for Jack wishing you many adventures of your own Geraldine McCaughrean' and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,part matt and part glossy laminated,black silhouetted artwork by Chris Inns,illustrated dw/dj panels,with brown,black and grey lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A small abrasion snick and minimal loss at foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,smaller abrasion to concomitant spot of board - no other faults.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt numbers to front and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-241pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters - each with black silhouetted chapter headpiece; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED+ dedicated title page,a dedication and contents list/table and 6pp blanks at the rear.
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On the morning of his fourteenth birthday, Pepper has been awake for fully two minutes before realizing it was the day he must die.This had to be the day everyone had been waiting for - and he was terrified he would disappoint them,make a poor showing,let people down.
Pepper Roux has his whole life ahead of him.If he's lucky,that's 14 hours by the hall clock.But Pepper isn't ready to die.So he sets sail on a sea of adventures,inviting disaster and mayhem at every turn.Despite the trail of chaos behind him,can Pepper escape his fate - just for a while?
Join him on he run - if you can keep up . . .
This is a riot of an adventure starring an unforgettable hero who will stay with you long after his story has been told.
Geraldine McCaughrean's books for children have won the Carnegie Medal,the Guardian's Children's Fiction Award,the Whitbread Children's Book Award (3 times), and the Beefeater Award and also nominated for Kurt Maschler Award.In 2005,she was chosen by the Trustees of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children to write the official sequel to 'Peter Pan'.
The result was 'Peter Pan in Scarlet' which was published worldwide to huge international acclaim in 2006 and became an instant classic.
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