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The Egg and I [Olympic Peninsula; Romantic Comedy; Book to Film]

The Egg and I [Olympic Peninsula; Romantic Comedy; Book to Film]

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The Egg and I [Olympic Peninsula; Romantic Comedy; Book to Film]

by MacDonald, Betty

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  • Hardcover
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with small corner rubs. A humorous memoir by American author Betty MacDonald about her adventures and travels as a young wife on a chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.

The book was the basis for the 1947 film of the same name with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray were cast in the lead roles, with Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride cast in the roles of Ma and Pa Kettle.

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Bookseller
Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
17376
Title
The Egg and I [Olympic Peninsula; Romantic Comedy; Book to Film]
Author
MacDonald, Betty
Format/Binding
Cloth Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
J. B. Lippincott & Co.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date Published
1945
Keywords
Humor

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