The Egg and I
by MacDonald, Betty
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1946. 22nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Cloth in DJ; 287pp; DJ clipped on front flap (but not price-clipped) & slightly edgeworn with minor chipping & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, gift inscription & previous owner's name to front pastedown, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/Good+ condition. Signed by Author. Relevant news clippings & movie card laid in at rear. Vintage humorous memoir of life on a wilderness chicken ranch on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. Basis for popular 1947 movie starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray which also spawned the series of Ma and Pa Kettle films starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018119
- Title
- The Egg and I
- Author
- MacDonald, Betty
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 22nd Printing
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- memoir autobiography pacific northwest rural agriculture chickens ranching
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pacific Northwest;
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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- Cloth
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