Seal morning
de FARRE, Rowena
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- VG/GD/ND
- Librería
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint* Date of Publication: 1957* Publisher: Hutchinson.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon cloth, dark title to spine. No bumps, minor rubs, spine faded. GD* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with minimal reading wear. White designs to grey end papers. Owners name and dedication to prelims. No marks to text. VG* Illustrations: B/w line drawn illustrations and vignettes within text throughout.* Pages: 178 pp. text. iii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: At the age of ten, Rowena Farre left the security of her parents' home in India and was sent to live with her aunt on a remote croft in Scotland. During her stay, she drew strength from the isolation of her new life, gaining an understanding of nature and a sense of identity. She was inspired to write "Seal Morning", the story of her unusual childhood and close friendships with a talented seal, two mischievous squirrels, a beautiful red deer and a host of other wild animals. Full of folklore and ancient wisdom, this enchanting story will appeal to all ages.* A NEAR VG copy with some fading reducing it to GD. No dust jacket.*
Sinopsis
W. Hodding Carter, an epicure of adventure, has spent his life seeking new physical and mental challenges. A native of Greenville, Mississippi, Carter attended Kenyon College and spent two years in Kenya with the Peace Corps. His highly acclaimed pieces for Esquire, M Magazine, Outside, and other national publications have taken him to Burma, to Wales, and into the thick of the Louisiana Oyster Eating Contest (in which he placed second). He is also the author of the book Westward Whoa: In the Wake of Lewis and Clark. He currently lives in Maine with his wife and three daughters. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Librería
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4124
- Título
- Seal morning
- Autor
- FARRE, Rowena
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - VG/GD/ND
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Rep. 1st. Thus.
- Editorial
- Hutchinson
- Lugar de publicación
- London UK 219
- Fecha de publicación
- 1957-01-01
- Size
- 21.1 x 14 x 2.5 cm
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Salisbury, Wiltshire
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- A.N.
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