LASSIE COME-HOME
by Knight, Eric
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
mansfield, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The John C Winston Company. Philadelphia., 1940 Book size about 6 by 8 by 1 1/4 inches with some 248 pages. Bound in pale orange illustrated cloth with black spine lettering. Top edge with a publisher applied pale orange stain. Map illustrated end papers (Same for front and rear). Color frontis on glossy paper and numerous full page and smaller illustrations by Marguerite Kirmse on plain paper or in-text. Previous owner bookplate at front dated Christmas, 1940. Book with light wear; rear hinge cracked; insect loss along the upper edges of the rear pastedown; light insect damage along the very tops of the last two leaves. A bright clean book. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
Reviews
On Jun 22 2011, Samandtweet said:
This is a very touching and wonderful book. I read it many many times as a child and it was my inspiration for getting a collie of my own
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Details
- Bookseller
- the book scot
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14950
- Title
- LASSIE COME-HOME
- Author
- Knight, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- The John C Winston Company. Philadelphia.
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- MARGUERITE KIRMSE
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDRENS BOOK;
Terms of Sale
the book scot
All books are guaranteed to be as described and are returnable for any reason if not satisfied. Books will be shipped by Media Mail or Priority Mail at your choice.
About the Seller
the book scot
Biblio member since 2006
mansfield, Missouri
About the book scot
I am a general line dealer with a specialty in books about Scotland and by Scots.
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- Hinge
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- Cloth
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