The Ferryman
by Claire Huchet Bishop, Kurt Wiese
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$22.77A$15.94
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About This Item
Eau Claire, WI: E.M. Hale and Company, 1941 E.M. Hale and Company, Eau Claire, WI. 1941. Hardcover. Special Edition published by arrangement with the regular edition publishers Coward-McCann, Inc. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for FO bookplate on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear to head, tail, and tips; RFFP is missing. Brown buckram boards and spine with title in blue shadowbox on front board and boating picture on front board; original library reinforced hinges. Non-Paginated 8vo oblong. This is the story of an Irish ferryman who had a passenger with a forked tip for a foot who paid Daniel a bag of gold to take him to the main land and come back for him in a year. In a year, the passenger came back to Daniel who recognized him as the devil and had to find a plan to rid himself of the devil. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008057
- Title
- The Ferryman
- Author
- Claire Huchet Bishop, Kurt Wiese
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Publisher
- E.M. Hale and Company
- Place of Publication
- Eau Claire, WI
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Irish tales, The Ferryman, the devil, Sidi-Barrabah, fiction, magic, Celtic story,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adolescent/Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.