SPIKE - THE STORY OF A COWPUNCHER'S DOG
by Santee, Ross
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Very Good
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Red decorated hardcover cloth binding clean and tight with slight spine cock. 1940 gift inscription ffep. Illustrated endpapers. DJ rubbed, light soiling, a few closed edge tears. DJ illustrtion shows cowpoke on a horse with Spike, the wire-haired fox terrier at his heels. 251 pages. Spike, a plain spoken dog like many others, spent his puppyhood in the city where one exercises on a leash and where chewing shoes is a crime. But when he is transferred to a dud ranch in Arizona and began punching cattle for Big Boy, he knew he had found the life he wanted to live. Told from the dog's viewpoint with lots of great illustrations. Scarce with dustjacket.. Illus. by Santee, Ross. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 07700
- Title
- SPIKE - THE STORY OF A COWPUNCHER'S DOG
- Author
- Santee, Ross
- Illustrator
- Santee, Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- DOG DOGS WIRE HAIRED HAIR FOX TERRIER TERRIERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dogs - Fiction, Children and Adult;
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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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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.