King Penguin - A Legend of the South Sea Islands
by Richard Henry Horne
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Milwaukie, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2. James Daugherty. Twelfth Printing. "The Little Library". 68 pages with over 25 interesting illustrations. The only defect with this book is the page top edges are dark. Unmarked. The boards are like new. The dust jacket, now in a new Brodart, has a sun faded spine. Not price clipped ($1.00).
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Details
- Bookseller
- You Little Dickens (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 060912a0029
- Title
- King Penguin - A Legend of the South Sea Islands
- Author
- Richard Henry Horne
- Illustrator
- James Daugherty
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Absurdity
Terms of Sale
You Little Dickens
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
You Little Dickens
Biblio member since 2014
Milwaukie, Oregon
About You Little Dickens
I retired in late 2011 and have been selling vintage and antique books from my home in Muncy, Pennsylvania.
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