Buff: A Collie, And Other Dog Stories
by Terhune, Albert Payson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1921. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good.
Publisher's brick-red cloth with stamped titles in blue and a blind-stamped profile of a dog's head on the front. Decorated endpages. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. Bookplate under the front flyleaf. The white of the dust jacket has evenly age toned; Light edge wear with small rub with loss a the top of the spine. Now in a protective Mylar sleeve. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; 339 pages.. Buff helps clear his master's name of suspicion in a theft. Includes seven other stories of canine valor.
Background Information:
Albert Payson Terhune was an American author, dog breeder, and journalist. He was popular for his novels relating the adventures of his beloved collies and as a breeder of collies at his Sunnybank Kennels, the lines of which still exist in today's Rough Collies. [wiki]
Publisher's brick-red cloth with stamped titles in blue and a blind-stamped profile of a dog's head on the front. Decorated endpages. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. Bookplate under the front flyleaf. The white of the dust jacket has evenly age toned; Light edge wear with small rub with loss a the top of the spine. Now in a protective Mylar sleeve. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; 339 pages.. Buff helps clear his master's name of suspicion in a theft. Includes seven other stories of canine valor.
Background Information:
Albert Payson Terhune was an American author, dog breeder, and journalist. He was popular for his novels relating the adventures of his beloved collies and as a breeder of collies at his Sunnybank Kennels, the lines of which still exist in today's Rough Collies. [wiki]
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16685
- Title
- Buff: A Collie, And Other Dog Stories
- Author
- Terhune, Albert Payson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1921
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