The Jack-Knife Man
by Butler, Ellis Parker
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Sisters, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Century Co, 1913. First Edition, Published, September, 1913. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo., 318 pp., orange cloth. frontispiece illustration with tissue protector + three other illustrations in the text. Illustrated by Hanson Booth. -- Foredges lightly/evenly dust soiled. -- No other notable defects. "Old Peter Lane is content to make a bare living cutting firewood and whittling kitchen tools and toys for the people in the nearby village. Then a dying woman stumbles to his shanty boat during a storm and Peter finds himself the unwitting caretaker for her lame three-year-old son. He must make a respectable home for the boy or see him taken away and put to work by self-appointed social workers."-goodreads.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lonesome Water Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9903
- Title
- The Jack-Knife Man
- Author
- Butler, Ellis Parker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Published, September, 1913
- Publisher
- Century Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Vintage Books, Literature, Fiction, Iowa Author, Midwest, Novel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Lonesome Water Books
We accept: Most Credit Cards, Paypal. Payment in U.S. Currency Only. If you would like to order direct call 541-719-8216. 11am-5pm Pacific Time. Returnable for any reason within 14 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Lonesome Water Books
Biblio member since 2003
Sisters, Oregon
About Lonesome Water Books
We are a brick and mortar store located in Beautiful Sisters, Oregon. We have a stock of approximately 10,000 books, 80 percent of which are hardbound. We also carry old prints (decorative and original) and maps.
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