TIMOTHY'S QUEST: A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Wants to Read It
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. Hardcover. Some spotting and wear to extremities, previous owner's name on front free end paper, page edges a little soiled.; 67th thousand, tight solid book, hinges intact. ; 16mo - 6" to 7" tall; 201 pages; Green cloth spine with holly design in gilt running down the length. Red cloth covered boards. Wilkins's Wood was a quiet stretch of timber land that lay along the banks of Pleasant River; and though the natives, for the most part, never noticed that it was paved with asphalt and roofed in with oilcloth, yet it was, nevertheless, the most tranquil bit of loveliness in all the country round.Here was a quiet pool where the rushes bent to the breeze . . . and there, a winding path where the cattle came down to drink of the river's nectar. Here the first mayflowers pushed their sweet heads through the reluctant earth, and waxen Indian pipes grew in the moist places . . .And here sat Timothy Jessup, with all his heart in his eyes, bidding good-by to all this soft and tender loveliness. For Timothy Jessup was running away -- "again." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 709
- Title
- TIMOTHY'S QUEST: A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Wants to Read It
- Author
- Wiggin, Kate Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- JUVENILE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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