A DOG CALLED BUM
by Hitchcock, Marie (aided, abetted, prodded and edited by Genevieve Engman)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Hitchcock, Marie, 1960. Pictorial hardcover binding with white spine is lightly rubbed but clean and tight. Large stain inside front cover most likely from a newspaper clipping or something stored t here for some time. Else interior is clean bright and tight. 32 pages. Bum was the town dog of San Diego in the 1890's. Hitchcock and Engman were sisters who were moved to San Diego from Chicago in the 1940's. When the authors discovered the story of Bum in 1950, they were established as the Padre Puppeteers who did puppet shows for children all ove rhte city. Encouraged to write a play about the dog Bum, they did so and this book is the result of that play. An unusual book, but an important part of San Diego history.. Illus. by Greene, Ethel - drawings and Pepper, Johna - photographs. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013607
- Title
- A DOG CALLED BUM
- Author
- Hitchcock, Marie (aided, abetted, prodded and edited by Genevieve Engman)
- Illustrator
- Greene, Ethel - drawings and Pepper, Johna - photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Hitchcock, Marie
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dogs - Fiction, Children and Adult;
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
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