THE LONG ROAD TO CAMP PINNACLE. As told to her niece by Lucy Elizabeth Jones.
by Jones, Lucy Elizabeth
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Privately printed, 1948.. 1948.. Good. - Octavo, cream boards with a vignette of a camp in brown on the front cover, in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped & chipped with a small stain to the top corner of the front cover. The dust jacket is chipped with short tears and pieces out and its spine & extremities are darkened. There is some creasing to the top & bottom edges of the jacket & to the corners of its flaps. 56 & [2] pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. There is a previous owner's name & address on the front endpaper. There is a tear along the front hinge at the title page. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Together with Mrs. Harriet Christie, Lucy Elizabeth Jones ran a summer camp and Bible School which moved to various locations, finally finding a home in the Helderberg Mountains of New York State where it was named Camp Pinnacle.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33607
- Title
- THE LONG ROAD TO CAMP PINNACLE. As told to her niece by Lucy Elizabeth Jones.
- Author
- Jones, Lucy Elizabeth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately printed, 1948.
- Date Published
- 1948.
- Keywords
- NEW YORK STATE; HELDERBERG MOUNTAINS; SUMMER CAMP; BIBLE SCHOOL; LUCY ELIZABETH JONES; HARRIET CHRISTIE; THE LONG ROAD TO CAMP PINNACLE; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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