GREYFRIARS BOBBY
by Atkinson, Eleanor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Famous Dog Stories Beige Grosset & Dunlap Famous Dog Stories binding clean square and tight. Some foxing to interior pages, else clean with no writing tears or marks. 292 pages. Story of a Skye Terrier and his master. When the shepherd dies alone and homeless, Bobby follows his worshipped master to Greyfriars churchyard. Here he began a vigil that lasted 14 years and came to the attention of Queen Victoria. A true story.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.
Synopsis
When the time-gun boomed from Edinburgh Castle, Bobby gave a startled yelp. He was only a little country dog - the very youngest and smallest and shaggiest of Skye terriers-bred on a heathery slope of the Pentland hills, where the loudest sound was the bark of a collie or the tinkle of a sheep-bell. That morning he had come to the weekly market with Auld Jock, a farm laborer, and the Grassmarket of the Scottish capital lay in the narrow valley at the southern base of Castle Crag.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012479
- Title
- GREYFRIARS BOBBY
- Author
- Atkinson, Eleanor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap Famous Dog Stories
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- DOG DOGS SKYE TERRIER TERRIERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dogs - Nonfiction, Childrens and Adult; Dogs - Fiction, Children and Adult;
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Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
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Poplar Grove, Illinois
About Deja Vu Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...