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THE ADVENTURES OF OTTO IN TEXAS. (Cover title: Otto in Texas).
by PENE DU BOIS, William. Written and illustrated by Pene du Bois.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leicester, Brockhampton, 1961.. FIRST UK EDITION 1961, 250 x 168 mm, 9¾ x 6½ inches, buff boards, gilt vignette and lettering, illustrated rear endpapers, 45 pages. Enchanting coloured illustration throughout. The giant puppy foils the 3 grandmas alias the oil rustlers. Front endpaper just faintly browned, no inscriptions, tiny bookseller's label on front pastedown, a near Fine clean copy in very good plus DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped (12/6) but small corners cut off front inner flap, 3 small closed edge tears to upper panel, very slight rub to head and tail of spine and corners, lower panel slightly dusty). First published in the U.S. in 1959. First editions, UK or US, are uncommon in dustwrapper. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46810
- Title
- THE ADVENTURES OF OTTO IN TEXAS. (Cover title: Otto in Texas).
- Author
- PENE DU BOIS, William. Written and illustrated by Pene du Bois.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Leicester, Brockhampton, 1961.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- giant puppy dog Texas oil rustlers William Pene Du Bois children's picture book
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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