Old Mother West Wind (Bedtime Story-books series)
by Burgess, Thornton W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965). Born in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, he was a conservationist and author of children's stories. Thornton Waldo Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for daily columns in newspapers.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020200
- Title
- Old Mother West Wind (Bedtime Story-books series)
- Author
- Burgess, Thornton W
- Illustrator
- Cady, Harrison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children's books, Bedtime Story-Books
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- 12mo
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