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THE FLOCK
by Austin, Mary
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- NEAR FINE
- Seller
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Creswell, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906. Hardcover. NEAR FINE. Smith, E. Boyd. Previous owner's name to FFEP. Corners lightly bumped, slight rubbing to corners and spine caps. Tiny tears to worn and folded under spine caps. Mild shelfwear with a slight and gentle 4" line impression across rear board. A 0.5" closed tear to bottom of page 5 and some light wear continuing to page 11, as if pages were once stuck together then later pulled apart. Occasional light and tiny stains to some pages. Top edge gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout text and to start of each chapter. Gilt debossed lettering and head of ram to spine. White and cream illustration of sheep within fancy gilt debossed frame, gilt lettering to front board, army green cloth-covered boards. 266 pp. Clean, tight. Lovely! A champion of the local shepherds of California in the early twentieth-century, Austin blends natural history and politics. "The best days of shepherding in California were before the Frenchmen [Basques] began to appear on the mesas. Owners then had, by occupancy, the right to certain range, rights respected by their neighbors. Then suddenly the land was overrun by little dark men who fed where the feed was, kept to their own kind, turned money quickly, and went back to France to spend it." (text).
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Sensible Magpie
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69317
- Title
- THE FLOCK
- Author
- Austin, Mary
- Illustrator
- Smith, E. Boyd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1906
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"My head was a magpie's nest
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~Alice Munro
The Sensible Magpie has no established storefront; she is MAIL ORDER ONLY. Once payment is received and processed, item(s) will be shipped out promptly.
PAYPAL ACCEPTED and ENCOURAGED!!
Orders will be filled and shipped out on as soon as they are processed, within two days of accepting order, generally. If you have need of quicker delivery, please call directly: (541) 942-6479, between 8am and 8pm, Pacific Standard Time.
Media and Priority Rates include standard USPS tracking numbers, which I will include once processed.
Postage rates for within the U.S. will cover up to five pounds.
If your order is heavier or oversized, we may contact you noting extra charges are required.
Delivery confirmation available upon request.
UPS and FEDEX Expedited Services available if requested and will be rated accordingly.
We pack well! We want your order to arrive in the same manner as it left us. 30 Day return if your book is not as described, with full refund including original shipping costs.
Customer information kept confidential. Used ONLY for the purpose of fulfilling orders. NEVER sold or soliticited to by any other party.
Miss Magpie humbly thanks you for your interest!
"My head was a magpie's nest
lined with such bright scraps
of information."
~Alice Munro
About the Seller
The Sensible Magpie
Biblio member since 2017
Creswell, Oregon
About The Sensible Magpie
Just-Because-I-Feel-Like-It SALE... 25% off ALL BOOKS!!!The Sensible Magpie is the newest venture of a full-time beekeeper and busy mother of two small children. She has experience as an assistant to an IOBA bookseller from whom she procured this eclectic collection of books. They range from children's books to philosophy, illustrated classic novels to modern poetry, Northwest history to Japanese architecture, cookbooks to handgun manuals, and much more.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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