The Coffee Train

Bookseller

Rose's Books, IOBA (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

019719

Title

The Coffee Train

Author

Shank, Margaret Erdahl

Illustrator

Lonette, Reisir

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Very Good

Jacket Condition

Good

Edition

Early Reprint

Publisher

Doubleday

Place of Publication

Garden City, New York

Date Published

1953

Size

8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f

Keywords

NOWEGIAN FAMILY IN AMERICA HUMOR

Bookseller catalogs

Nonfiction; Humor;

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