Whispers of the Wilderness; Tales of Wild Life in the Canadian Forest
by Batten, H. Mortimer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Blackie. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. ©1960. Hardcover. 176 p. 19 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. Minor wear to edges and corners. A bit of staining to bottom text block edge. Top text block edge a little faded. Previous owner's information is blackened out on front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dustjacket has some wear to the edges, corners and spine ends; including, a few short tears and tiny chips. Rubbed along folds. Some spot to spine. A dozen stories of the out of doors and wild life in the forests of Canada. Pen and ink drawings. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4666
- Title
- Whispers of the Wilderness; Tales of Wild Life in the Canadian Forest
- Author
- Batten, H. Mortimer
- Illustrator
- Kay Nixon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- Blackie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- ©1960
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Animal Stories;
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Homeward Bound Books
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
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