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These Happy Golden Years - Little House Series #8
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140304614
- ISBN 13
- 9780140304619
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Penguin, England, 1975. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Illustrator: Garth Williams. Paperback. 237 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, England, 1975. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are moderately soiled. Pages are reasonably tanned and reasonably foxed. Book exchange stamp. Small surface tear on rear cover. Surface tear to base of spine.. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim shanty twelve miles from home. She is very homesick, but keeps at it so that she can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. During school vacations Laura has fun with her singing lessons, going on sleigh rides, and best of all, helping Almanzo Wilder drive his new buggy. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo in the romantic conclusion of this Little House book. *** Illustrator: Garth Williams. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; ISBN: 0140304614. ISBN/EAN: 9780140304619. Inventory No: 24040114.. 9780140304619
Synopsis
These Happy Golden Years, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, was published in 1943 and is the eighth of nine books written in her Little House series, also known as The Laura Years. This book is based on Laura's teenhood near De Smet, South Dakota, in the late 19th century, and focuses on Laura's short time as a teacher and her courtship with her future husband, Almanzo Wilder. These Happy Golden Years spans the time period from 1882 to 1885, when Laura marries Almanzo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24040114
- Title
- These Happy Golden Years - Little House Series #8
- Author
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Illustrator
- Garth Williams
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0140304614
- ISBN 13
- 9780140304619
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Children & Young Adult; These Happy Golden Years - Little House Series #8
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children & Young Adult;
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Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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