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The Trip Down Catfish Creek
by Pliss, Louise
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1962. 8vo size clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 140 pages From dust jacket: "Freckle-faced and red-haired, 11-year-old Marcus liked giving orders, especially to a girl like tomboy Clem and younger brothers like Jerry and his taglong little brother Davy." The discovery of an old canoe stored in the back of Clem's garage gave Marcus the vehicle he needed to captain his crew on a remarkable trip down Catfish Creek. Before the trip was over Marcus learned a lot about Catfish Creek - and even more about himself." Jacket is price clipped at top inside corner and has a penciled notation. Jacket spine is sunned, there are several small tears and a small on top of front. There is a small abrasion inside front cover where sticker was removed and in the bottom margin of page 134. There is a fingermark on title page, a spot in the bottom margin of page 7, 11, 15, 17, 21, 31, 34, 35, 41, 47, 50-54, 56, 57 and 135 and in the top margin of pages 112 and 113. . Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by D'Adamo, Anthony. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007091
- Title
- The Trip Down Catfish Creek
- Author
- Pliss, Louise
- Illustrator
- D'Adamo, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Reinhold Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Childrens; Young Adult; Illustrated; Adventure
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Fiction; Childrens Vintage;
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