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Title: The Sleeper And The Spindle.
Description: London, Bloomsbury, 2014 Oversized hard cover glassine dust jacket taped to bds, closed tear and creasing to lower upper corner approx. 5", small chip missing from that corner also, a little sticky at spine base, two small closed tears to rear of jacket, Norfolk Libraries label to rear pastedown otherwise no other sign of library ownership, intricate black, white and gold illustrations by Riddell, pp69. "You may think you know this story. There's a young queen, about to be married. There are some good, brave, hardy dwarfs; a castle, shrouded in thorns; and a princess, cursed by a witch, so rumour has it, to sleep forever. But no one is waiting for a noble prince to appear on his trusty steed here. This fairy tale is spun with thread of dark magic, which twists and turns and glints and shines. A queen might just prove herself a hero, if a princess needs rescuing..."

Keywords: fairy tale magic sleeping beauty Chris Riddell dwarfs fantasy spindle queen sleep juvenile children's fiction heroine 9781408859643

Price: GBP 7.50 = appr. US$ 10.71 Seller: Little Owl Books
- Book number: 14288

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