The Grassy Stories
by Tait, Margaret
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edinburgh: Margaret Tait, 1959. No dustwrapper, minor wear to spine ends and corners of yellow paper-covered decorated boards, a half-inch split to the top right-hand side of the spine; an old price label inside front board with a later price label (54p) on top, colour pencil lines on the tipped-in slip of paper at f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. A collection of nine short tales for children featuring characters named after types of grasses and other plants (hence the title) by the author, who was better-known as a film-maker. Not a common book at all. 32pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010303
- Title
- The Grassy Stories
- Author
- Tait, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Margaret Tait
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Orkney, Childrens-Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scotland; Children's Fiction;
Terms of Sale
JimsOldBooks
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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