BIGGER
by Calvert, Patricia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. Brown hardcover boards binding with brown cloth spine very clean and tight - no pocket was used on this book - Only a couple of stamps. VERY clean and bright interior. DJ on marks or tears. 137 pages. When his father disappears near the Mexian border at the end of the Civil War, 12-yr old Tyler decides to go after him and bring him home, acquiring on the journey a strange dog which he names Bigger. Bigger - made mean by cruelty but tamed by hunger and Tyler's desparate need of him, the dog's love supports the boy both in hope and in the heartbreak that follows. The courage, loyalty and friendship of the pair makes this a poignant, triumphant novel.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 06364
- Title
- BIGGER
- Author
- Calvert, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- DOG DOGS CIVIL WAR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens - Chapter Books; Dogs - Fiction, Children and Adult;
Terms of Sale
Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
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Poplar Grove, Illinois
About Deja Vu Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...