London: The Sunday School Union. Fair with no dust jacket. [c1900]. First Edition. Hardcover. No date [c.1900]. 268 pages + frontis. Illustrated. Blue cloth covers with illustration on front board. Gilt lettering on spine and front board. All edges gilt. 1.5" tear at head and tail of rear joint. Hinges cracked. Binding shaky. Some gatherings loose. Rubber stamps "Tai Tapu Wesleyan Sunday School" on title page and elsewhere. ; 12mo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002290
Title: In the Land of the Great Snow-Bear. a Tale of Love and Heroism
Author: Stables, Gordon
Illustrator: Browne, Gordon
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Sunday School Union
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: [c1900]
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