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The Red Pony
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Bridgewater , Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
"The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck. With Illustrations by Wesley Dennis. New York: The Viking Press, 1945. Illustrated Edition First Published in 1945. pp. 131. colour illus. (some full-page), from watercolours. Hardcover, tan cloth and pony pasted to front cover with blue border, top edge blue, blue spine and gilt title (corners bent & worn, spine bumped & bit frayed, front & back covers are soiled, with some stains and marks, toning to some margins, marks in gutter of single page, single mark to top of a page, owner's signature to half-title page, otherwise interior and endpapers are unmarked, some dampstains to fore edge). No slipcase.
Good condition.
Size: 9 5/8" x 6 3/4" (24.5cm x 17cm).
Synopsis
"The Red Pony" is an episodic novella written by American writer John Steinbeck in 1933. The first three chapters were published in magazines from 1933–1936, and the full book was published in 1937 by Viking Penguin. The stories in the book are tales of a boy named Jody Tiflin. The book has four different stories about Jody and his life on his father's California ranch.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bazaar of Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A448
- Title
- The Red Pony
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Illustrator
- Wesley Dennis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, tan cloth & pony pasted to front cover with blue border, blue spine and gilt title
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Illustrated edition first published, 1945
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Pages
- 131
- Weight
- 0.99 lbs
- Keywords
- The Red Pony, John Steinbeck, children's fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's fiction; Illustrated books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bazaar of Books
Biblio member since 2020
Bridgewater , Nova Scotia
About Bazaar of Books
General used books, all subjects. Some limited and rare editions. Books of Canadiana and about Nova Scotia.
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Gilt
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- New
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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