THUNDERHEAD
by O'Hara, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus / Good Plus
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1943. Twenty-third Printing. Hardcover. Good Plus / Good Plus. Octavo, 8.2 in. x 5.7 in., pp. 320. Spring green cloth boards with dark green title to spine. Rubbing to extremities; bottom front corner nudged. Very slight spine lean; light fade to spine. Previous owner's signature in red ink to front pastedown. Rubbing to edges of dustjacket, with a few small chips; four inch crease to back of dustjacket. Protected in mylar. Continues the story of the McLaughlin family from Mary O'Hara's "My Friend Flicka", particularly Ken, and Flicka's ugly white colt, Thunderhead, who grows up to become an incomparable racehorse, king of the wild horses, and center of an absorbing story story of wild adventure. (from the dustjacket).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86946
- Title
- THUNDERHEAD
- Author
- O'Hara, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus / Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Twenty-third Printing
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- horse stories, My Friend Flicka
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aardvark Rare Books
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Eugene, Oregon
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....