Athabasca Bill: A Tale of the Far West
by Bessie Marchant
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge/SPCK, London, circa 1912. First Thus. Hardcover (Original Pictorial Red Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Harold H. Piffard. Gilt titles & colour illustration (Native American) to spine; pictorial front cover (man with dog sleigh) in blue, white & black colours on red background. Tissue-guarded colour frontis. illustration & two further colour illustrations all by Harold H. Piffard. "In Alberta, Canada, young Fred's family awaits the return of their father who is looking for a site for a new home for them. But just as he returns, bloodhounds seeking the thief who stole a box containing hundreds of dollars trace the scent to Fred's father. Fred sets out to find Athabasca Bill who may have information that will prove that his father is innocent." 16-page list of publisher's titles to rear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 220 + 16 pages. No Dust Jacket as published. light wear to extremities. Illustrator: Harold H. Piffard. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Westerns; Adventure Stories; Juvenile Fiction; Canada; Fiction. Inventory No: 5070. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5070
- Title
- Athabasca Bill: A Tale of the Far West
- Author
- Bessie Marchant
- Illustrator
- Harold H. Piffard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Pictorial Red Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge/SPCK
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- circa 1912
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Children/Children's/Fiction/Westerns/Canada/Adventure Stories/Juvenile Fiction Children; Westerns; Adventure Stories; Juvenile Fiction; Canada; Fiction. Harold H. Piffard Unbranded Bessie Marchant Athabasca Bill: A Tale of the Far West
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