Away to Cape Breton
by Gordon Brinley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Fair
- Seller
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Hudson, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd Mead, 1940. Second Printing . Red Cloth. Very Good+/Fair. Putnam Brinley. Nice clean copy, bumps to corners, lengthy inscription on half-title page. Nicely illustrated. Jacket worn at edges with some chipping, spine yellowed, not price clipped. Adventures exploring the shores of Cape Breton Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trench Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002549
- Title
- Away to Cape Breton
- Author
- Gordon Brinley
- Illustrator
- Putnam Brinley
- Format/Binding
- Red Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd Mead
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
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Trench Books
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Hudson, Maine
About Trench Books
General stock, but specializing in fiction titles through 1970 and early children's series books. Large inventory, being listed as time permits. All listed titles are subject to prior sale.
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- Chipping
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Bumps
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- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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