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A Secret History: Available Copies

Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail

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A Secret History: The Book Of Ash, #1

Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Later printing. This book is square, solid, and unread with a perfect spine. You'll be so thrilled When you receive this book, you'll feel as though you've stumbled into a cave and come across.an elven sword named Glamdring -- or the crown of the fabled Prester John -- a ring of invisibility.or even a Magic Lamp, prosaic as that may sound! You MAY even cartwheel with glee! In protective archival bag. NOTE: The back cover was lightly scored with a box-cutter; it's not cut all the way through, and it doesn't create a problem with the color veneer of the cover.

Book 1 in the Book of Ash series. Donato cover art.

A Secret History by Mary Gentle, Avon Eos 78869, 1989, paperback original. Cover art by Donato Giancola. Bright, square and tight; new and unread new.

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

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very good clean copy. light creasing to cover. sent next working day from the u/k 0.0

This is a bound proof (trade paperback) of the first half of Ash. In very good condition for its age.  Faint reading crease to spine and crease at the top right-hand corner of the front cover and some rubbing to edges. SYNOPSIS: "For Ash, life has always been arquebuses and artillery, swords and armour, and the true horrors of hand-to-hand combat. War is her job. But she doesn't realise that the voice in her head is not the Lord and His Saints, but something far, far stranger." IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH

For the beautiful young woman Ash, life has always been arquebuses and artillery, swords and armour and the true horrors of hand-to-hand combat. War is her job. She has fought her way to the command of a mercenary company, and on her unlikely shoulders lies the destiny of a Europe threatened by the depredations of an Infidel army more terrible than any nightmare. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

There is more than one history of the world . . .In the mid-fifteenth century there was Burgundy, the jewel of Europe-opulent and powerful, the undisputed center of an uncivilized world.In an epoch of war and madness there was Ash. A girl born in mud and dung, she slew her first men while only eight. Scarred and ravaged, but still beautiful, she rose up to lead a great mercenary army before the age of twenty--and followed a sacred voice wise in the bloody ways of battle to a pinnacle unattainable to even the most potent of legends.In a time when empires and alliances shifted like sand--when Mithras the bull was worshipped freely alongside the Christ--a great cloud arose out of Africa to darken the sun. The Visigoths came with their terrible machines-powered by magic or a science unknown to this day--and aimed their irresistible might toward the rich Burgundian prize, wrenching the wheel of civilization in an unknown and unexpected direction. And with their coming, one incomparable warrior raised on Destiny's ash heap became more that anyone thought one woman could ever be.

Alternate history. Victor Gollancz issued the hardcover in 2000, all 1100 pages (USA publication was split into four separate paperbacks) but this uncorrected proof, consisting of the first half of the book (but still 572 pages) has a copyright date of 1998. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Fine (unread) copy. Uncorrected book proof (trade paperback)

VGC plus.Victor Gollancz,2000.First UK paperback edition-first printing.Large format paperback(a couple of small nicks and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC plus.Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks on the outer edges,small creases and nicks on the edges of the pages,yellow mark on the edges of the first four pages of the book.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.1113pp including Afterword.Heavy book(approx 1.6 Kg).A collectable first edition. First UK paperback edition-first printing.

VGC plus.Victor Gollancz,2000.First UK paperback edition-first printing.Large format paperback(a couple of small nicks and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC plus.Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks on the outer edges,small creases and nicks on the edges of the pages,yellow mark on the edges of the first four pages of the book.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.1113pp including Afterword.Heavy book(approx 1.6 Kg).A collectable first edition. First UK paperback edition-first printing.