The Amulet
by Borland, Hal
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1957. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($3.50). Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. NOT a book club edition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Bound in the original blue cloth. From the Dust Jacket: "A young man's quest in 1861... [Borland] has again captured the spirit and essence of youth in this novel of a young man's journey in search of adventure and fulfillment. When the guns of Fort Sumter rolled a booming echo... Quincy Scott, a Missourian... joined a band of Southerners intent on reaching the Confederate forces. The Amulet is the story of Quincy Scott's long journey eastward to Missouri; of old Jake, a Mountain Man full of Indian mysticism; of Porter and Tom; & of the bloody battle of Wilson's Creek fought by these unconventional volunteers armed with squirrel rifles and shot guns... The reader will be greatly rewarded in the beauty of scenes on the High Plains...". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Crowther, Robert (jacket design). 8vo. 224pp.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012289
- Title
- The Amulet
- Author
- Borland, Hal
- Illustrator
- Crowther, Robert (jacket design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo. 224pp
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About the Seller
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Henderson, Nevada
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- First Edition
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