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Animal Heroes : Stories of Wild Life (First Edition)
by Cory, Harper
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Duckworth, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Erna Pinner. Green cloth over boards, title stamped in black onto spine, 8vo (7-7/8 inches tall), pp. 158, frontis illustration by author. Volume with slight lean to spine, p.o. pencil gift ins. to ffep and name in ink to front pastedown and ffep, finger soil to first few leaves faint offset to feps from DJ flaps. Price-intact DJ with light wear, soil and toning, one stray pencil mark to back panel. A collection of three animal stories about a grizzly bear, a rabbit and a deer.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1685
- Title
- Animal Heroes : Stories of Wild Life (First Edition)
- Author
- Cory, Harper
- Illustrator
- Erna Pinner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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