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The Brave Little People
by Campbell, Dorothy De Brissac
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto, Can.: Ryerson Press, 1933. - scarce Canadian Ant fantasy, wherein 2 children are shrunk to ant size & shown a true picture of ant life in the colony & forest floor - they are later transported to South America to see Soldier Ants which can kill mice & scorpions & join together to cross rivers - brown cloth, printed in dark brown, in the rare pictorial dj, that has minor chipping at the spine top, but is otherwise very clean & whole - might be the the basis of the later short story classic " Leiningen Versus the Ants ". First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by E. G. Coombs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10098
- Title
- The Brave Little People
- Author
- Campbell, Dorothy De Brissac
- Illustrator
- E. G. Coombs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ryerson Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Can.
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Canadian Literature Rare Children's Book - Children's Fantasy Novel - Canadian Fantasy Novel Not in Bleiler or Day - Canadian Ant Fiction Leiningen Versus the Ants
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Port Colborne, Ontario
About Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
General used bookstore, Mon-Sat. 10: -5pm. Used, ou-of-print, scarce, and rare books. Literature, first editions, Canadiana etc. ABAC/ILAB Member
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- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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