The Story of Fieldmice [The Story of Field Mice].
by Jacobs, Una; Marsh, Gwen (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0460069675
- ISBN 13
- 9780460069670
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1979. 1st English ed.. Hardback large square quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial boards, colour drawings, illustrated endpapers, spine little slack (pages firm), minor edgewear (mostly base spine). 28 pp. A children's picture book by Una Jacobs about field mice, including a description of their life-cycle, how they stake out their territories, build burrows, store food, make nests and bring up their young. A remarkable story of survival and adaptation, illustrated with large, colourful pictures. (The title is listed variously as Fieldmice or Field Mice. Translated from German by Gwen Marsh.).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25882
- Title
- The Story of Fieldmice [The Story of Field Mice].
- Author
- Jacobs, Una; Marsh, Gwen (translator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st English ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0460069675
- ISBN 13
- 9780460069670
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- children's literature, nature, animals, mice, translation, europe, germany
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE;
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Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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