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Father Flanagan of Boys Town
by Oursler, Fulton; Oursler, Will
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1949. This Stated First Edition (and, unless it's stated, it's not) is in Fine, collectible condition with a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. (Click on photo.) This stirring biography tells of a Catholic priest who started a home for teenage misfits, street kids, and other unwanted boys in order to turn their lives around. The book is bound in a light green woven cloth with gilt titles against an elaborate blue-green border on the spine. This clean, bright copy has the signature of a former owner on the front free endpaper, as well as an erasure mark on the front endpaper (possibly from another owner?). The text pages are clean and white throughout, with no stains, tears, marks, or remainder marks. The illustrated endpapers are maps of Boys Town, Nebraska. The dust jacket still has the book's original $3.00 price. It is in Fine condition, but with light rubbing at the spine tips and corners. For those who warmly remember the movie of "Boys Town" with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, this volume would make a lovely collectible. The book measures 5 3/4 by 8 1/2 pages and includes 302 pages, with photo inserts.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001663
- Title
- Father Flanagan of Boys Town
- Author
- Oursler, Fulton; Oursler, Will
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Biography, Catholic Orphanages, Boys Town
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion and Theology; Biography and Autobiography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
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