WATER WAGTAIL - THE STORY OF A PIEBALD PONY
by Hubert, Janet De Bargue
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good+
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Eyre and Spottiswoode Green hardcover binding clean, square and tight. 1951 Gift note ffep, foxing and some light soiling, but overall a nice copy of rare book. Dustjacket not-price-clipped. Rubbed along edges, small chip back of DJ, some wrinkles. Back of DJ advertises Eleanor Helme's Dear Busybody. 160 pages. Jill recently witnessed her mother's death in a riding accident, and her father has gone abroad - so she is sent to live with her aunt and cousins whose lives revolve around ponies and riding. After several months, she conquers her fears, and then she learns to love a wild and unpredictable piebald pony, Water Wagtail. Author wrote this book when she was 11 years old after spending a great deal of time in bed with rheumatic fever. Extremely hard to find.. Illus. by Westover, Wendy. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good+.
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- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013176
- Title
- WATER WAGTAIL - THE STORY OF A PIEBALD PONY
- Author
- Hubert, Janet De Bargue
- Illustrator
- Westover, Wendy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Eyre and Spottiswoode
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horses - Children and Juvenile Fiction;
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Deja Vu Books
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Deja Vu Books
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.