The Adventures of Sajo and Her Beaver People
by Grey Owl [Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Lovat Dickson & Thompson. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1935. Hardcover. Some dampstains to ends of spine and margins of boards. Previous owner's inscription. Dust stains to page edges. Tears, chips and creasing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; Fifth printing, in same year as the first printing. xv, [5], 256 pages. Frontispiece and plates accounted for within the pagination. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 194 x 127mm. Contents: Preface; The Land of the North-West Wind; The Big Feather; The Home of the Beaver People; The First Adventure; Sajo's Birthday; Big Small and Little Small; The Trader; Sajo hears the Talking Waters; The Red Enemy; The Empty Basket; White Brother to the Indians; The Big Knives; The Little Prisoner; Patrick the Policeman; Unto the Least of These; Mino-ta-kiyah! ; In the Moon of Falling Leaves; Glossary of Ojibway Indian words with meanings. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22825
- Title
- The Adventures of Sajo and Her Beaver People
- Author
- Grey Owl [Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- Lovat Dickson & Thompson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Fair
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- Edges
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