The Watchers of the Trails: A Book of Animal Life
by Roberts, Charles G.D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used; Good
- Seller
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Haines City, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1904. First Edition. Hard Cover. Used; Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Normal wear for its age; binding near-split before frontispiece; some browning/foxing and chipping; spine darkened and a little frayed. Green cloth boards with gilt decorations and titles (front has a wonderful picture of a moose in the woods with other animals); 361 pp. plus about forty full-page drawings on glossy plates; illustrated endpapers; tissue-protected frontispiece; rough-cut page edges except top which is trimmed and painted green. A remarkable example of early twentieth-century writing designed to educate as well as entertain.
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- Bookseller
- Books Music Videos 4 U (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HBBK01012
- Title
- The Watchers of the Trails: A Book of Animal Life
- Author
- Roberts, Charles G.D
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used; Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L.C. Page and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- JUVENILE FICTION 0UTDOORS ANIMALS NATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare~First Editions;
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About the Seller
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Haines City, Florida
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