FARMER BOY
by Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Poor
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1946. Beige hardcover cloth binding with red titles and illustration on front is clean, square and tight. Previous owner name on ffep. Pages show some wear, but overall clean and tight interior. DJ is soiled, shows foxing. Not price-clipped. Lots of Shelfwear and chips and tears, but protected in clean Brodart jacket. 230 pages. Copyright page states 15th edition and has notation D-V, Harper's designation of printed April 1946. Almanzo and his brother Royal, along with their two sisters, went to school but also had the demands of the seasons governing their lives in northern New York State. There was ground to be plowed, and planting to be done, and then the harvest to get in. There is adventure at the count fair. A delightful story, simply told, it is a faithful record of the hardships and pleasures of a way of life this generation may never experience.. Illus. by Sewell, Helen and Boyle, Milded. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 15th. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Poor.
Synopsis
Farmer Boy is a children's historical novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder. First published in 1933, it is the second book in the nine part Little House series, also known as "The Laura Years". Although it was the second book written, Farmer Boy is usually read third in the series, following Little House on the Prairie. Farmer Boy is based on the childhood of Laura's husband, Almanzo Wilder, who grew up in the 1860's near the town of Burke in upstate New York.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013477
- Title
- FARMER BOY
- Author
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Illustrator
- Sewell, Helen and Boyle, Milded
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 15th
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens - Chapter Books;
Terms of Sale
Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
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Poplar Grove, Illinois
About Deja Vu Books
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Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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