Shipwrecked on Christmas Island
by Garis, Howard R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Springfield, Mass: McLoughlin Bros, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Dick and Janet Cherry Series. 249 p.: frontispiece and 3 leaves of illustrations; 20 cm. Fully illustrated cover printed in 4 colors. No dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, each page headed "Paramount Series." First blank leaf following front free endpaper bears inscription to Edgar J. Sheppard in an attractive hand, dated Christmas 1933. The author, Howard R. Garis, was best known as the author of the Uncle Wiggly series, although he also contributed under other names to a number of the series published by the Stratemeyer publishing syndicate. In Very Good Condition: edges somewhat rubbed; corners rubbed; front hinge weakening. Pages are clean and tight. A scarce book by a popular children's series book author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000178
- Title
- Shipwrecked on Christmas Island
- Author
- Garis, Howard R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McLoughlin Bros
- Place of Publication
- Springfield, Mass
- Date Published
- 1930
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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