PENNY'S WORTH
by Caffrey, Nancy (illus By Jeanne Mellin)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1952. Blue cloth binding clean, square, and tight. Color frontispiece and double color center spread illustration plus many b/w throughout. DJ shows shelfwear, chips tears along edges, rubbed spots - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. DJ flap is price-clipped. This is a wonderful story about a riding academy horse who longs to be privately-owned. When she is purchased for an insecure boy because of her kindness and wisdom - not her looks! - she ends up helping to turn the young boy's life around. 120 pages.. Illus. by Mellin, Jeanne. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012247
- Title
- PENNY'S WORTH
- Author
- Caffrey, Nancy (illus By Jeanne Mellin)
- Illustrator
- Mellin, Jeanne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- HORSE, HORSE PONY PONIES RIDING SCHOOL POLO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horses - Children and Juvenile Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
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Poplar Grove, Illinois
About Deja Vu Books
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