London: Collins, 1945. 2nd Printing . Cloth. Very Good/Good. Fred Purvis. dj (price clipped) frayed on edges, small pieces torn off at spine tips & corners, name written on front of jacket and cover, mid blue cloth with gilt front vignette & spine lettering, a little faded on edges, illustrated in colour & in b/w by FRED PURVIS, name on flyleaves, else vg. small 8vo, 222pp. The story of a Western girl, and a boy from the East who comes to work for a summer on her Montana ranch. Based on experiences of the author's family.

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Bookseller: Mad Hatter Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 06L104
Title: Adventure in the West
Author: COLVER, Alice Ross
Illustrator: Fred Purvis
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1945
Keywords: Children's & Young Adult
Bookseller catalogs: Children's;

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...