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Hathoo of the Elephants
by Wheeler, Post
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1943. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Stated First Edition.. New York: Viking Press, 1943. Stated First Edition. Fine/Fine. Stated First Edition, Inscribed to Thomas E. Dewey, Jr. (son of the former governor of New York and two-time presidential candidate, Thomas E. Dewey, Sr.) and SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Both book and dustjacket in fine condition. Very clean unfaded orange cloth boards with small elephant illustration on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean illustrated endpapers. "To Thomas E. Dewey, Jr. - Merry Christmas - Post Wheeler" on half-title page. 333 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped ($2.50 on front inside flap). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Original introductory card from publisher enclosed describing and reviewing the book. A tale of Man's brotherhood with the beast of the earth -- the life of a boy in the wild jungles of India. A collectable first edition, signed association copy in exquisite condition. 8vo. Fiction..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015633
- Title
- Hathoo of the Elephants
- Author
- Wheeler, Post
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- FICTION NOVEL INDIAN JUNGLE INDIA ADVENTURE SIGNED BY AUTHOR ASSOCIATION COPY THOMAS E. DEWEY JR.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; SIGNED Editions; India;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Association Copy
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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