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THE GOOSEYPLUMS BY THE SEA, The Third Adventure of the Gooseyplums of Duckpond-in-the-Dip
by Dale, Frances
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton / H&S, 1950. Book. Illus. by Aileen Forbes-Boyd. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gus Gooseyplum and his pals get into a little trouble when they impersonate a group of minstrels at a seaside resort. Racism was still alive and well in children's books of the 1950s, as evidenced by the opening paragraph of the third section of this little tome: "'Quite the best thing about this holiday,' said Mrs. Gooseyplum, roosting her tailfeathers into the soft sand, ' is the end of those n*gger minstrels. I never liked them. Noise, twanging -- tiresome.'" Blue cloth w/gilt illustration to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated end papers, 79 pages. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, fading to cloth around cover edges and spine, gift inscription to previous owner, a little internal smudging..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017876
- Title
- THE GOOSEYPLUMS BY THE SEA, The Third Adventure of the Gooseyplums of Duckpond-in-the-Dip
- Author
- Dale, Frances
- Illustrator
- Aileen Forbes-Boyd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton / H&S
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NOISBN, GOOSEYPLUMS, TALKING ANIMALS, CHILDREN'S SERIES BOOKS, DUCKS, RACISM, RACISTS, PREJUDICE
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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