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The Incredible Journey
by Burnford, Sheila
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. Reprint of Second Edition. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine and front. Illustrated feps. 152pp. B/w illustrations. Front lower corner bumped. Tiny bookstore stamp on Ffep. Eps foxed. Dust marks to top edge of text block. Priceclipped DJ slightly discoloured on spine. The story of three animals who, "boarded out", travelled home together two hundred and fifty miles across the wildest part of Canada : how Luath, a young golden labrador, Tao, a Siamese cat, and Bodger, an old bull terrier, set off to trek through the wilderness on their soft domestic paws. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Carl Burger. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Reviews
On Nov 28 2011, WarriorNY said:
The Incredible Journey really is an incredible book. It is a simple story but Sheila Burnford conveys so much beauty into a mere 145 pages. The friendship of Luath, Bodger and Tao and their amazing trek to return home will touch your heart.
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Details
- Bookseller
- All Booked
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002037
- Title
- The Incredible Journey
- Author
- Burnford, Sheila
- Illustrator
- Carl Burger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Animal Stories Dogs Cats Adventure Fiction Pets
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pets;
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Te Awamutu, Waikato
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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