The Parables of Peter Partout. [1st Hardcover]
by Gould, John (Saunders, F. Wenderoth, illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/VG dj. (endpapers lightly foxed else covers & text clean/unmarked/tight/crisp. jacket complete/bright, lightly fox
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston/Toronto Little, Brown (c1964) HARDCOVER. Near Fine/VG dj. (endpapers lightly foxed else covers & text clean/unmarked/tight/crisp. jacket complete/bright, lightly foxed on back, heavily foxed on reverse) Small 8vo. Numerous drawings by F. Wenderoth Saunders. First Edition so stated. Full red cloth covers, pictorial stamped front & spine. Top edge tinted black. Jacket subtitle" 'A rollicking collection of Down East humor by the author of Farmer Takes A Wife & Fastest Hound Dog In The State Of Maine'.
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- Bookseller
- Booktopia (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3101511
- Title
- The Parables of Peter Partout. [1st Hardcover]
- Author
- Gould, John (Saunders, F. Wenderoth, illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine/VG dj. (endpapers lightly foxed else covers & text clean/unmarked/tight/crisp. jacket complete/bright, lightly fox
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston/Toronto
- Date Published
- (c1964)
- Pages
- xiv. + 172pp + blanks
- Keywords
- 20th Century Americana Maine Humor Rural Life, 20th Century Down East Maine New England Literature, John Gould, F. Wenderoth Saunders, Peppermint Corner Lisbon Falls Maine Enterprise Newspaper Letters
- Size
- Small 8vo.
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