Yarns of Sir Peter Schwiveliivitski and His Crew - First Batch More to Follow
by Shorey, [Samuel Fernald]
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Potlatch City. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1913. Softcover. Potlatch City, 1913. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 46pp. Softcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Gray dust jacket attached to gray wrappers at spine. Dust jacket has title in red and black, and illustrations on front and rear wraps; include frontis of Sir Peter; leaves are made of glassine-like paper and are uncut; includes illustrations in red and black. Likely published in Potlatch City, Washington , rather than Potlach City, Idaho. Printed near the copyright information is a bookseller's information: "This volume may be had at Ye Old Bookstore kept by Silas The Aphorist, cor. 3rd and Cherry, Potlatch City, (Seattle) Wn. for the mild sum of 4 bits..." Wrappers have light toning and wear to edges, one leaf has pencil marginalia.This volume includes two titles: "The Yarns of Sir Peter Schwiveliivitski and His Crew" and "Kid Le Ween (108lb Bedside) World's Coming Bantam Weight - An Account of an Attempt to Produce Short 'Skit' in Potlatch City in A. D. 2913 writ by Sir Peter McReavy - Manager-Promoter-'Angel'." Table of contents includes: Karneegie, Discovery of the Pole, Kid Le Ween, Pied Piper Inn, and Old Testament. Humorous tales of the "hero" Sir Peter Schwiveliivitski adventuring to the North Pole, and a different Sir Peter, Peter McReavy, at a boxing match, visiting a doctor for a sore throat, and more. No copies on OCLC as of November 2017.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 46 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014560
- Title
- Yarns of Sir Peter Schwiveliivitski and His Crew - First Batch More to Follow
- Author
- Shorey, [Samuel Fernald]
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Place of Publication
- Potlatch City
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Humor, Fiction, Potlatch City, Idaho
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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