Vet in Harness
by Herriott, James
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 071811289X
- ISBN 13
- 9780718112899
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1975. First Edition, 3rd Impression 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2. Larry Learmonth (DJ). June 1975. Herriot's account of his early married days. 253 pp. Book has burgundy cloth covered boards with as-new gilt text on spine only. Spine ends have slight edge wear, ow book is as new. A cartoon by Larry starts each new chapter. Unclipped (£3.00 net) DJ has slight edge wear at spine ends and top front corner. Bookseller's Inventory # 201395.
Synopsis
With over 10 million copies sold, bestselling author Robert James Waller returns with the haunting, evocative story of a small town, a beautiful and mysterious woman, and the man forever changed by both.The wild places are where no one is looking anymore. Out there on the high plains, among the Sioux reservations and the silent buttes, among the small towns dying and the people with them, you can hear the wind. And on the back of the wind is the sound of an old accordion--tangos--mingling with the lonely thump of a single drum in the nighttime and a far-off warrior's cry. On the back of the wind is the smell of worn saddle leather and sawdust, of sandalwood, and smoke from ancient ceremonial fires. To this, to a town called Salamander, comes Carlisle McMillan, a traveler and master carpenter seeking a place of quiet amid the grinding roar of progress. Near Wolf Butte, a strange and apparently haunted monolith, he finds his quiet, or so he believes, and begins rebuilding a decrepit house as a tribute to the gruff old man who taught him a carpenter's skills, rebuilding his life at the same time.He finds two very different, independent women: Gally Deveraux, who works at a diner in Salamander and longs for something more than she is, and Susanna Benteen, beautiful and enigmatic, who was drawn to Salamander for mysterious reasons of her own, a woman the town has labeled a witch. The women and his carpenter's trade and an old Indian known as Flute Player bring Carlisle a sense of contentment for a while. But his quiet is shattered as bulldozer treads begin to turn and the Yerkes County War commences. Run or stand your ground, that is Carlisle's dilemma, Gally on one side, Susanna on the other.Robert James Waller's fully imagined characters become people we know and care for deeply.High Plains Tango is the hauntingly lyrical story of a small town in the middle of nowhere, a town that forever changed--and was forever changed by--one man.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001395
- Title
- Vet in Harness
- Author
- Herriott, James
- Illustrator
- Larry Learmonth (DJ)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 3rd Impression 3rd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 071811289X
- ISBN 13
- 9780718112899
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 8 3/4" X 5 1/2
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Lower Beverley Better Books
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About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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