Scruffy; A Diversion
by Gallico, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1962. (Hardcover) 299pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. The dust jacket is price-clipped, lightly edgeworn, and faded along the spine. "In the opening days of World War II, when Gibraltar's military importance became apparent and Britain's possession of the Rock was threatened by the Axis, the destiny of the Empire came to be symbolized by...Apes. For there is a legend that when the last of the Barbary apes dies or leaves Gibraltar, the British too will disappear from the island. It was not long after the opening of hostilities that Scruffy, the meanest, most malevolent, and misanthropic ape who ever lived, decided to help rid himself of his companions". Time Period World War II. Locale: Gibraltar. (Fiction, Fiction, Humor).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153786
- Title
- Scruffy; A Diversion
- Author
- Gallico, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Keywords
- Fiction, Fiction, Humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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