The One Hoss Shay: With its Companion Poems, How the Old Horse Won the Bet & The Broomstick Train
by Oliver Wendall Holmes
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Rafael, California, United States
Item Price
NZ$43.92NZ$35.14
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About This Item
80 pp. Leather boards are slightly soiled. Spine has darkened with age. Hinges are tight. Pages are bright and clean. Numerous illustrations throughout by famed artist and illustrator Howard Pyle. Holmes' poem satirizes the building of the "one hoss shay" by a country deacon that lasts for 100 years and then completely falls apart.
All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No expedited shipping outside of the United States.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town Books of San Anselmo (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113
- Title
- The One Hoss Shay
- Author
- Oliver Wendall Holmes
- Illustrator
- Howard Pyle
- Format/Binding
- Leather binding with stamped lettering titles and design
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 5 1/8 X 8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, Poems, Country Life, Horses
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Town Books of San Anselmo
All titles are available for a full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item is misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Town Books of San Anselmo
Biblio member since 2020
San Rafael, California
About Town Books of San Anselmo
Town Books is run by volunteers for the benefit of the San Anselmo Library, San Anselmo, CA. All titles are donated and go through a thorough accession process to ensure that the books are clean and in a good reading state. Selected titles of rare and vintage books are reserved for our online sales with Biblio.com.
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