GAY-NECK The Story of a Pigeon
by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: E P Dutton Co, 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Limited edition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Former owner's bookplate, otherwise unmarked. One page has old tape repair to bottom foredge. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Synopsis
Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon is a 1928 children's novel by Dhan Gopal Mukerji that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1928. It deals with the life of Gay Neck, a prized Indian pigeon. Mukerji wrote that "the message implicit in the book is that man and winged animals are brothers. " He stated that much of the book is based on his boyhood experiences with a flock of forty pigeons and their leader, as the boy in the book is Mukerji himself.
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Details
- Bookseller
- ThriftBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1559686020
- Title
- GAY-NECK The Story of a Pigeon
- Author
- Dhan Gopal Mukerji
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- New York: E P Dutton Co
- Date Published
- 1930
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