A BOOK OF FAMOUS DOGS
by Terhune, Albert Payson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/Fair
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Triangle Publications, 1941. Light orange hardcover binding with illustration of terrier dog on front is square and tight. Water damage to covers, also to first blank endpaper only. Yellowing pages, foxing. Gift note 1942 on ffep. A few scribbles inside back cover but overall clean and tight. 300 pages - somewhat brittle as this was an inexpensive reprint. DJ chips and tears along edges, sun-faded, previous water damage left it a bit wrinkled - protected now in clean Brodart. 85 stories about the faithfulness and heroism of man's truest friend told by the world's foremost dog story writer. Chapters include: Some Dogs of Ancient Days; Dogs That Traveled Far; The Dogs of Kings; Professional Mourners; Some Sunnybank Dogs; Dog of Great Authors; Ghost Dogs; Dogs Behind the Footlights; "Let Slip the Dogs of War!"; Some Freak Dogs; and Some Hero Dogs.. Illus. by Dickey, Robert. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Good-/Fair.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012461
- Title
- A BOOK OF FAMOUS DOGS
- Author
- Terhune, Albert Payson
- Illustrator
- Dickey, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Triangle Publications
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dogs - Fiction, Children and Adult;
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Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
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Poplar Grove, Illinois
About Deja Vu Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.