Abe Lincoln of Pigeon Creek
by Wilson, William E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc. / Whittlesey House, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/good. Illustrator: Alan Haemer  Cover Art. author's foreword , and selected bibliography. Green coloured cloth covered boards with coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by Alan Haemer, with ochre coloured titles to the panel and green and blue and the back strip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear panel. A novel of Abraham Lincoln, growing up, and, of the factors that created Abraham Lincoln the man. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners. A few white marks / flex to the book panels. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. There are a few marks within the pages and there is quite noticeable offset tanning to the end pages. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. A few small tears to the top of the rear panel and there is rubbing panels and sunning to the panel. Some stains and insect damage to the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6 ],VII - IX, [1], 288, [4] pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Alan Haemer  Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; United States; Inventory No: 0127625. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0127625
- Title
- Abe Lincoln of Pigeon Creek
- Author
- Wilson, William E
- Illustrator
- Alan Haemer  Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc. / Whittlesey House
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Abraham Lincoln, novel, youth Fiction; United States; Alan Haemer  Cover Art Unbranded Wilson, William E. Abe Lincoln of Pigeon Creek
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Dustwrapper
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