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Bruce the Fisherboy
by Lena K. Sargent
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible; Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Daye Press, 1936. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. 1936 1st edition of this charming real-life look at Bruce the lobster fisherboy, who lives and fishes off the coast of Maine on a tiny island called Crie Haven. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends, panel edges and tips and light, inconspicuous staining along the inside of the dustjacket. Still though, a very presentable copy. 12mo, 72 pgs., wonderful black-and-white photos by Samuel B. Lincoln.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8932
- Title
- Bruce the Fisherboy
- Author
- Lena K. Sargent
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Stephen Daye Press
- Place of Publication
- Brattleboro, VT
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Rare New Englandiana, rrae Maine, rare children's, rare lobster Fishing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
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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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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