HANOVER'S WISHING STAR
by Caffrey, Nancy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1956. Beige hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. Lots of Foxing. DJ has shelfwear, some chips and light soiling. Not price-clipped. 124 pages. Signed on ffep by Nancy Caffrey and subject of book Karen Ann McGuire. This book is inscribed to a girl name Sandy and wished a speedy recovery. It is also signed by several other people, including Ted Wahl, who ran Round Hill Farm in Connecticut during the 1950s. True story of a young girl who writes a letter to Hanover Bank putting in a bid for horse. Touched by the letter, they help the young girl's dream come true. Story illustrated with photos of the girl and the horse she names Hanover's Wishing Star in honor of the bank.. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011967
- Title
- HANOVER'S WISHING STAR
- Author
- Caffrey, Nancy
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horses - Nonfiction, Children and Adult;
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.