Maybelle the Cable Car
by Burton, Virginia Lee
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1952. Ex-Library. Good. Quarter Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin, 1952. First edition. Squared 8vo. Light green cloth with library-applied dark green quarter cloth spine, yellow lettering and artwork embossed on front board, endpapers and title page decorated in color, illustrated in color throughout, 42 pp. Ex-library. No dust jacket. Binding rubbed at extremities, some soiling and discoloration. Well read and loved but still solid. A charming children's story in good condition..
Synopsis
By recounting actual events in San Francisco's effort to keep the city's cable cars running, this classic story illustrates how the voice of the people can be heard in the true spirit of democracy.
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- Seller
- Respectful Exits (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 019091
- Title
- Maybelle the Cable Car
- Author
- Burton, Virginia Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS LITERATURE TRAINS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books; Rare Children's Books;
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About the Seller
Respectful Exits
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts
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