Cowboy on the Steppes
by Zhang, Song Nan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 088776410X
- ISBN 13
- 9780887764103
- Seller
-
Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Tundra Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 088776410x . [32] p. 26 cm. Sound and square binding in illustrated boards. A bit of shelf rubbing. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has light wear at spine ends and corners. Slightly rubbed. Not price clipped. Book appears unread. The story of a teenaged boy who was forced to leave his home in Beijing at a cattle ranch in Mongolia. Based on diary entries from the author's brother, who was the boy who sent away. With rich, coloured illustrations by the author, somewhat reminiscent of the work of William Kurelek. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2172
- Title
- Cowboy on the Steppes
- Author
- Zhang, Song Nan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 088776410X
- ISBN 13
- 9780887764103
- Publisher
- Tundra Books
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 088776410x
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Picture Books; Children''s - Non-Fiction;
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About the Seller
Homeward Bound Books
Biblio member since 2011
Campbellcroft, Ontario
About Homeward Bound Books
Homeward Bound Books is an online bookshop operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario. We specialize in children's and illustrated books – collectible and reading copies; and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. We have thousands of books yet to be catalogued. So, please contact us to be added to our client list, and we will let you know when we have books of interest to you. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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