Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1950
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. (041609) 1st Mass Market Paperback edition is in Fair condition; spine glue is completely dried out so all the pages are loose; coverhas wear bottom spine edge and 2 crinkle creases in spine. 383 p. 18 cm. Bantam Giant #A818; Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1946; London: Staples Press, 1947. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday.
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. Fiction. Hardcover, black cloth binding. ** flaws: previous owner's book plate. Half title page missing. Edges rubbed. Just a copy to read. Good / no dj. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Doubleday, N. Y.
Date Published: 1945
Description: Cover Art. Good in As is jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The hard cover has some wear and fade....The jacket has chips and tears.............The book may have minor flaws that may have gone unnoticed.... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Doran and Co
Date Published: 1945
Description: Good. Good reading copy. Black cover, gold lettering. Owner name stamp on title page403 pagesAll items bubblewrapped. Ships daily with free tracking included. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co
Date Published: 1945
Description: Fair. No dust jacket. 403 pgs in gd reading condition w/age darkening on edges; black cover has wear on edges. Maps on endpapers. read more
"I was thrilled by this book when I first read it at 12 or 13. More than 40 years later I tried to read it again. But I found it thin, boring stuff full of racial, gender and ethnic stereotypes. And Costain refers repeatedly to the Mongol cavalry using crossbows. I'm no historian, but I know they used recurve bows ... an entirely different design."
"The principles taught in this work cross into so many different topics of discussion that it's not possible to even start in a review. Suffice it to say that I'm really surprised I've never heard of this gem. It's a fantastic adventure of a nobleman (almost) and his commoner friend in the 1200s and their journey across the Silk Road to China - amazing. Wonderful. Read it!"
"I really enjoyed this book, Walter and Tris seam like guys I would want to hang out with. I was sad that it ended when it did. I wanted to know what Engaine would say and do when she met Maryam but I guess thats another book. I am glad that Maryam found Walter in the end, I would be writing a very different review if Walter had ended up with Engaine. I never liked her and would have been very disappointed if Costains had them hook up. I was so sad that Tris died I wanted him to have a happy life, get married and be the greatest long bow man in England. I think i would have liked him a great deal if he was a real person. Altogether a great book, the beginning was a little slow but the end had me riveted to the page, which for someone who has a hard time reading is quite a feat. My only criticism is that I wanted more."
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