PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA - COMPLETE EDITION
by GEORGE PECK
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Crockett, California, United States
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About This Item
CHICAGO: CHARLES C. THOMPSON CO., 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. TRUE WILLIAMS. 124 Pp. PECK'S BAD BOY WAS THE FICTIONAL STAR OF NEWSPAPER STORIES AND BOOKS CREATED BY GEORGE W. PECK IN THE LATE 1800'S. HENERY (OR HENRY) PECK WAS A MISCHIEVOUS LAD WHO LOVED TO PLAY SNEAKY PRANKS ON OTHERS, ESPECIALLY HIS FATHER, FOR THE SHEER PLEASURE OF CREATING MAYHEM. THE STORIES WERE A HUGE HIT IN THEIR ERA, AND THE NAME PECK'S BAD BOY BECAME A POPULAR TERM FOR ANY INCORRIGIBLE RULE-BREAKER. GEORGE PECK COLLECTED HIS STORIES INTO SEVERAL BOOKS, MOST NOTABLY PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA (1883). BOOK DESCRIPTION: RED CLOTH HARDBOUND, WHITE STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE & BLACK STAMPED/EMBOSSED PICTORAL ON SPINE COVER/FRONT BOARD, TEXT PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. DIMENSIONS: 8 1/2" x 6 3/4" x 1 3/4." CONDITION: VERY GENTLY SUNNED/BUMPED SPINE COVER CROWN/HEEL/*LOWER CORNER TIPS (*EXPOSED INNER BOARD AT LOWER FRONT BOARD TIP), OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION, LIGHT BROWN PAGES, STRONG SPINE/HINGES, CLEAN TEXT PAGES.
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- Bookseller
- De Coux and Associates Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000589
- Title
- PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA - COMPLETE EDITION
- Author
- GEORGE PECK
- Illustrator
- TRUE WILLIAMS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- CHARLES C. THOMPSON CO.
- Place of Publication
- CHICAGO
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Classics, General, Men's Adventure, Popular, Short Stories (single author)
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De Coux and Associates Books
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Crockett, California
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