Tom Penny and The Grand Canal
by German, Tony
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771032609
- ISBN 13
- 9780771032608
- Seller
-
Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1982. 1982 First Edition. Hardcover. Book Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus Dust Jacket. Another Tom Penny Adventure..... this Canadian author's third book in this series. A million dollar canal project, a mysterious murder, and a youthful romance are all part of the exciting adventures in this Tom Penny novel. It is 1832 and Tom is now sixteen.... Maps by Bill Russell precede the first chapter. One showing the 'Proposed Route of the Grand Canal' (1833)... the other showing 'Tom's Journey'. Tom's step-father Jamie MacPherson, a shrewd and resourceful man, wants to build the canal between Montreal and Georgian Bay. Bright blue cloth boards. Gilt title print to spine. No signs of previous ownership. Small imperfection to bottom edge. A very nice bright, clean copy in a price-intact full pictorial wrap-around dust jacket.... cover illustrations by Vlasta Van Kampen.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B516
- Title
- Tom Penny and The Grand Canal
- Author
- German, Tony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771032609
- ISBN 13
- 9780771032608
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Tom Penny Adventure Series Canadiana Juvenile Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S; Children's;
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