Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1974 J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA. 1974. Hardcover. Stated 4th Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O bookplate scotch taped to the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good: light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; dust soiling to textblock top. DJ: Good + ; NOT Price Clipped ($6.95); light sunfading to spine; shelfwear to head, tail, and tips with small missing pieces. Tan cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 220 pp 8vo. This is another collection of Gladys Tabor's writing about Stillmeadow, her 17th century Connecticut farmhouse and its lovely surroundings. Broken down into the seasons, she tells of the beauty of the plants and flowers, the seasonal changes, her closeness to the land and the true meaning of love and friendship. 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 #: 017029
Title: Country Chronicle
Author: Gladys Taber
Illustrator: Pamela Johnson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good +
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0397010230
ISBN 13: 9780397010233
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company
Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA
Date Published: 1974
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Gladys Taber, Stillmeadow, nature, love and friendship, personal growth, flowers, animals,
Bookseller catalogs: Autobiography; Americana;

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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.

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