Shaggycoat: The Biography of a Beaver
by Clarence Hawkes
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/None
- Seller
-
Waverly , Iowa, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia, Jacobs, first edition, published September 1906. Poor condition, faded cloth with worn photo of beaver on front cover, Spine worn top and bottom loose, both hinges broken. Charles Copeland illustrations. Well read and loved. Rare, not later reprint. The first first of the author's animal biographies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shaggy Dog Stories (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio518
- Title
- Shaggycoat
- Author
- Clarence Hawkes
- Illustrator
- Charles Copeland
- Format/Binding
- Light green pictorial cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George W. Jacobs & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1906
- Pages
- 273
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- animal stories, nature
Terms of Sale
Shaggy Dog Stories
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About the Seller
Shaggy Dog Stories
Biblio member since 2011
Waverly , Iowa
About Shaggy Dog Stories
Shaggy Dog Stories specializes in used, rare, fine and antiquarian books on dogs and related topics in the broader area of natural history that includes other canids such as wolves and coyotes. Of course, a true shaggy dog story can touch on many subjects.
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- Poor
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- Reprint
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