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Miracle in the Wilderness by Paul Gallico - WHITTINGTON PRESS - deluxe signed ed

$425
£326.36
€374.39
CA$597.17
A$668.80
CHF 348.97
MX$8,169.08
NOK 4,439.89
SEK 4,185.13
DKK 2,793.99

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Illustrated by Janet & Anne Grahame-Johnstone Copy 48 of 250 copies, number and signed in pen by the author on the limitation page and one of 85 specially bound in hard grain morocco by Hunter and Foulis Ltd. with gold-blocked image (like frontispiece), owl press mark on back cover, gilt title on spine; special endpapers marbled by Solveig Stone Andoversford, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1975 Long 8vo. 10 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (260 x 165 mm); pp. vi + 26; set in 12 pt SB Caslon type on mould paper; title and press name in gold ink on title page; 5 full-page line-block reproductions of drawings by Janet & Anne Grahame-Johnstone, including a frontispiece of an Indian warrior on horseback; t.e.g., rest deckled. Paper slipcover has very light shelf wear. Whittington Press postcard loosely inserted. [Butcher 13] Jasper and Dorcas Adams had a hard life on the frontier in colonial America. It was also a dangerous life. Vigilance and good luck kept them safe until December 24, when raiding Indians captured them and their infant son. Hostages were usually killed in this war, so they would need a miracle to survive. The text was first published in a trade edition by Heinemann in 1975.
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    Height: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Width: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)Depth: 0.66 in (1.68 cm)
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    1975
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  • Seller Location:
    Middletown, NY
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    Seller: BH8611stDibs: LU8340236358112

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