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Sutcliff, Rosemary.
The Silver Branch.
Publisher: Folio Society, London;
Date of Publication: 2009
Stock Code: 10752
FIRST THUS. Octavo, pp. xvii, [1], 231, [1]. 10 full-page illustrations by Roman Pisarev including frontispiece. Publishers’ dark grey cloth blocked in black, white and gilt to spine and upper board, with gilt titles to spine; housed in plain black paper-covered slipcase. Clean and crisp, and appears unread. A Fine copy in like slipcase. Second title in the sequence of historical adventure novels, set in the Second Century after the construction of Hadrian’s Wall. Sutcliff won numerous awards over her literary career, with the first book of the series, “The Eagle of the Ninth”, selling over a million copies. £40.00