Love and Laughter: A Challenging Adventure in Daily Living
by Parkinson, Merta Mary (SIGNED)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor ( Flaps only)
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Kansas City, MO: Frank Glenn Publishing Co. Inc., 1950. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st . Blue Cloth. Very Good/Poor ( Flaps only). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. Author's first book, " . . . written by a very human woman for the encouragement and help of her fellow humans, it is illuminated by flashes of divine wit and wisdom, and completely bathed in the essence of those qualities from which it takes its title - Love and Laughter." (laid in flap) 220 pp. Light blue cloth covered boards hve cursive gilt text on spine and front panel. Spine ends are rubbed and scuffed, Kansas City bookstore sticker front pastedown. Book is tight and square. Inscribed by author : For Barbara / A delightful dispenser of love and laughter to all those she contacts / Best wishes for an increasingly full and happy life./ Affectionately,/ Merta Mary Parkinson Thanksgiving '54 " SIGNED by author. Bookseller's Inventory # 210267
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000267
- Title
- Love and Laughter: A Challenging Adventure in Daily Living
- Author
- Parkinson, Merta Mary (SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor ( Flaps only)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frank Glenn Publishing Co. Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Kansas City, MO
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
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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