Buy this book on-line Marjorie Medary, Illustrated By JOHN GINCANO in B/W , B/W Frontispiece of Woman & Man with Oxen in Field, Green & White Illustrated Endpapers on 2 Steamers in River with Smoke From The Smokestacks, Inner Flap DJ PriceClipped But Original Price $2 Intac : PRAIRIE ANCHORAGE in RARE Orange & Black Color Dustjacket of Woman in Long Dress in Fields Spreading Seeds with Home in BackgrouNd with smoking Chimney, A Canadian fAmIly with a Seafaring Background & an Unproved Claim on the Proceeds of ship, Sea Hawk,Longmans, Green and Co., New York, 1933
HBDJ,1933, Stated 1st EDITION. 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright page, VG-/VG. Hardback Blue Cloth BOOK IS VERY NICE AND CLEAN inside light Fox, Wear, BUT Cvr HAS BEEN A BIT COLORED FADED AT THE SPINE AND EDGES extremities,. D.J. IS WORN AT THE CORNERS AND WITH A 1 1/4" TEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT PANEL, SOME SCATTERED SHORT EDGE TEARS AND TINY SURFACE NICKS AND SHORT SCRATCHES & small chipping Folds of DJ. A VERY NICE COPY. . Spine Ends DJ tiny Chips Wear Creases, 268 pgs , NO ADS in Back .A Canadian Family with a seafaring background & an Unproved Claim on the Proceeds of Ship, Sea Hawk, goes West in 1850's. Story is filled with dramatic Incidents, the burning at sea of a ship transporting a Menagerie, Race between two Mississippi River Steamboats, Prairie Fire & Escapes from Wolves & Indians. Journey from Nova Scotia by way of NY, Detroit & Chicago, by Sailing Ship, Erie Railroad, Lake Boat & River Steamer, gives a graphic picture of Travel in the days when trains were more or less of a Novelty & Steamers None too Dependable. Hannah, the Oldest Daughter, who at 16 wishes that she had been a Boy so that she could have followed in the footsteps of her seafaring Ancestors, is a vivid & Delightful Personality. They buy up a claim on the Prairie, In a 3-sided Floorless Shelter Hannah & her Sister, Mary Ellen make a Home for her Father & Cousin, Jim, until with the Help of their Neighbors they Build a Log Cabin & are Ready for the Arrival of the Mother & Sisters who have been left in NY. SCARCE, especially with dust jacket. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Marjorie Medary, Illustrated By JOHN GINCANO in B/W , B/W Frontispiece of Woman & Man with Oxen in Field, Green & White Illustrated Endpapers on 2 Steamers in River with Smoke From The Smokestacks, Inner Flap DJ PriceClipped But Original Price $2 Intac : PRAIRIE ANCHORAGE in RARE Orange & Black Color Dustjacket of Woman in Long Dress in Fields Spreading Seeds with Home in BackgrouNd with smoking Chimney, A Canadian fAmIly with a Seafaring Background & an Unproved Claim on the Proceeds of ship, Sea Hawk,. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, out-of-print books, livres illustrées, first editions and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |