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The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum
by Burgess, Thornton W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/About Very Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart (M&S), 1932. Book. Illus. by Harrison Cady. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Canadian edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Reports of obstinate Unc' Billy Possum's death at the outset are, in Mark Twain's words, "an exaggeration" (apparently the more widely quoted "greatly exaggerated" were never spoken). Illustrated cloth, 117 pages. Gently bumped spine ends, spine slant, dusty/lightly tanned edges, in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/several short (1/2" and shorter) edge tears, some chipping to corners/spine ends/bottom edge of rear panel, slightly sun-darkened spine, moderate general wear..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018596
- Title
- The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum
- Author
- Burgess, Thornton W
- Illustrator
- Harrison Cady
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- About Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Canadian edition.
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart (M&S)
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, POSSUMS, OPOSSUMS, TALKING ANIMALS, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Terms of Sale
Augustine Funnell Books
Postage extra. All items returnable within seven days of receipt for full refund if received by us in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Augustine Funnell Books
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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