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Boy of the Border
by Arna Bontemps, Langston Hughes
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 097909870X
- ISBN 13
- 9780979098703
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
El Paso, TX: Sweet Earth Flying Press, 2009 Sweet Earth Flying Press, El Paso, TX. 2009. Hardcover. Published November 2009- First Sweet Earth Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. DJ: New. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board.109 pp 8vo. This book is a tale that explores issues that were close to the hearts of the authors. It speaks about the beauty of youth and innocence, about the contrasts as well as the common ground between the cultures of the USA and of Mexico, that meet in the American southwest and about some of the deeper meanings of life itself. This beautiful story will enchant and inform children even as it gives a fresh appreciation of the literary magic of Hughes and Bontemps. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007558
- Title
- Boy of the Border
- Author
- Arna Bontemps, Langston Hughes
- Illustrator
- Antonio Castro
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 097909870X
- ISBN 13
- 9780979098703
- Publisher
- Sweet Earth Flying Press
- Place of Publication
- El Paso, TX
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- children's fiction, Southwest America, border stories, Langston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, youth fiction, western fiction, horses, horse round-up, cultures,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adolescent/Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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