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Emma and I: The True and Inspiring Story of a Young Woman's Triumphant Search for Sight
by Sheila Hocken
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & Co. , 1978 E.P. Dutton & Co., New York. 1978. Hardcover. Gutter Code I 36 (September 1978). Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping and shelfwear to head and tail. DJ: Good; suntoned spine; chipping and missing small pieces at head; light shelfwear to tips; scratches on the spine. Tan paper over boards with brown overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 180 pp 8vo. The is the story of a young woman blind at birth who acquired a chocolate Labrador Retriever as a Guide Dog how they bonded and the dog gave her an independence she never had before. She eventually had a surgery at age 28 which restored her site, got married, had a child and kept Emma as her companion. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014811
- Title
- Emma and I: The True and Inspiring Story of a Young Woman's Triumphant Search for Sight
- Author
- Sheila Hocken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dog Guides, Guide Dogs, Seeing Eye Dogs, blindness, partial sighted, sight, eye operations,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Animal Stories; Optometry/Ophthalmology;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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