Happy Hours (The Romance of Reading - First series Book II)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1956
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Johnston's Arran Bookroom, Isle of Arran, United KingdomJohnston's Arran Bookroom
AbeBooks seller since November 9, 2005
Condition: Used - Good
£ 5.00
Quantity: 1 available
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A school reading book with stories and short plays. First published in 1936, this is a later reprint. First story is The Travels of a Fox. Frontis and one b&w plate by Florence Harrison. Three other colour plates by Mary S. Reeve, A. H. Watson and C.R. Brock. Other line drawings in text by other artists, some unattributed. No inscriptions but stain on corner of back cover bleeding into endpaper. Mary S. Reeve's plate present but taped in.
Seller Inventory # 006395
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Happy Hours (The Romance of Reading - First series Book II)
- Author
- R. H. & M. I. R. Polkinghorne
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, London
- Publication year
- 1956
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Florence Harrison, Mary S. Reeve, A. H. Watson, C.R. Brock
- Edition
- Reprint
- Seller catalogs
- Children's Fiction, Fairy Tales, Illustrated
Johnston's Arran Bookroom
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since November 9, 2005
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 10 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 20.00 | £ 25.00 |
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Formerly Johnston's Marine stores
Specialty
Isle of Arran and other Scottish books. Vintage Children's books. Shipwreck. Salvage. Diving. Naval.Seller's business information
Johnston's Arran Bookroom
United Kingdom
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