The Luck of the Blue Macaw
by Kempton, Kenneth Payson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Omaha,, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ives Washburn, 1928. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. deV. Lee, Manning. Bound in red cloth with titles and decorations stamped in dark blue. No additional printings. 252 pages; decorated endpapers. Volume two in Kempton's two-volume Jock Holiday Series. With four illustrations on coated paper by Manning deV. Lee, all present. The cloth shows only very light wear at the extremities, with a hint of fingersoil to the center of the front cover and spine. Hinges solid; binding square. Paper only very faintly toned. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Friendly Used Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125076
- Title
- The Luck of the Blue Macaw
- Author
- Kempton, Kenneth Payson
- Illustrator
- deV. Lee, Manning
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (NAP)
- Publisher
- Ives Washburn
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- JUVENILE MARITIME MAINE ADVENTURE MYSTERY FAMILY SEA SERIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- juvenile;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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