
Dust jacket chipped with short tears, slight damage from sticker removal on front free end paper A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. The Eagle and the Raven received the Jean Boujassy award from the Société des Gens de Lettres in France and The Twelfth Transforming won the Writers Guild of Alberta Best Novel of the Year Award. She wrote the novel in six weeks and went on to win the Alberta Search-for-a-New Novelist Competition in 1975.

She based her first published novel, Child of the Morning, on the historical figure of Hatshepsut, Egypt's only female pharaoh. She tried to write contemporary mainstream fiction in the early 1970s and then gave up, turning to ancient Egypt for inspiration. "Gedge wrote unpublished poetry for years. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. The text pages are clean, but have generalized light toning. The Spine of the book has a slight dip to the spine (due to the weight of the book).

There is some edge wear, rubbing and bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. Cover Art This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon (illustrator).
