THE SECRET EMPIRE: A BOY WITH LA SALLE
by Henry W. Patterson. Ohilip Cheney (illustrtated by)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good -
- Seller
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
NY: Coward-McCann, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good -. Brown pictorial cloth in scarce dustjacket, with pictorial by Cheney, who did pictorial endpapers and text drawings. Book near fine, dustajcket moderately worn at edges, soiled/ chipped at spine, . Juvenile adventure set in French colonization of Canada; young man seeks missing father in Canadian wilderness and learns to be a man. Tried and true early 20thC combo of adventure, moralty and jingoism.
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- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012110
- Title
- THE SECRET EMPIRE: A BOY WITH LA SALLE
- Author
- Henry W. Patterson. Ohilip Cheney (illustrtated by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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About the Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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Salisbury, Connecticut
About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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