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Vicky and the Monkey People
by Barbara Bingley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY : Abelard-Schuman, 1967 Abelard-Schuman, New York. 1967. Hardcover. Stated First Published in the USA in 1967. Retired Junior High School copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on the front and rear endpapers and the top and bottom textblock edges. Book Condition: Very Good; light bottom board edgewear. DJ: Good +; light wear to head, tail, and tips; missing small piece at top of front panel; slight suntanning to spine. Yellow cloth boards and spine with blue lettering on the spine. 192 pp 8vo. The story of Vicky is based in 1885 on the experiences of the author when she was a child in Simla, a town in the Himalayan foothills when many British went to escape the heat of Southern India. There Vicky meets other children but also Chela who looked after the monkey temple and the monkeys. A good look at the pampered lives of the British in India at the turn of the century. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010498
- Title
- Vicky and the Monkey People
- Author
- Barbara Bingley
- Illustrator
- Laszlo B. Acs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Abelard-Schuman
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- British India, India, animal stories, Simla India, Monkey temple, servants Mrs. Horton, general fiction, British fiction,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animal Stories; 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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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
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- Brodart
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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