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Click to view full description | 1. | GALLICO, Paul Abandoned, The [Jennie]
NY Knopf c1950, 1958 Sixth Printing Hardcover Very Good- in Very Good- dust wrapper
307 pages; Decorated boards are worn to white on bottom edges and bumped spine ends and corners. Pages edges lightly yellowed, top painted edge has a few spots. Previous owners' names and stamps on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust wrapper is edgeworn and lightly soiled with a sunned spine and a few tiny chips and tears. One inch closed tear at spine head repaired with archival tape. ; 'The unforgettable adventures of a small boy changed into a stray cat and befriended by the indomitable Jennie, the cat who initiates him into the lore of London's streets.' Another humorous and compassionate story from this author, published as 'Jennie' in the UK.
Price: 52.50 USD | See Full
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| 2. | GALLICO, Paul Flowers for Mrs. Harris [Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris]
London Michael Joseph c1958, 1960 Reprint; Sixth Printing Hardcover Very Good- in Good dust wrapper
143 pages; Blue binding slightly soiled and faded at edges, spine ends and corners bumped. Pages pale yellow, edges foxed and soiled, decorated endpapers foxed, some foxing to interior page margins; no binding problems. Unclipped dust wrapper is edgeworn and soiled with some chips and tears.; A charming story about Mrs. Ada Harris, a widowed London charlady, and the people she encounters while on a trip to Paris to obtain her heart's desire, a dress designed by Christian Dior. Basis for the 1992 television movie of the same name starring Angela Lansbury and Diana Rigg. Published as "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris" in the US. Recommended.; Recommended by Julie B. and Jerri C. of the DES email discussion list.
Price: 10.00 USD | See Full
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| 3. | GALLICO, Paul Ludmila A Legend of Liechtenstein
Garden City Doubleday & Company 1959 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper Illustrated by Reisie Lonette
B&W Illustrations; 12mo; 63 pages; Spine ends bumped and creased. Pages very faintly yellowed.Blue decorated covers very lightly soiled. Dust wrapper, not price clipped, faintly soiled, lightly edgeworn. ; In 1823 in a village in Liechtenstein, there is young girl named for St. Ludmila, patron saint of all milch cows. Her family owns ''the little Weakling'' a small cow that wants desperately to win the village championship and be the best cow of the year. The miracle of her story is lovingly retold by the author of The Snow Goose, The Small Miracle, Thomasina, and the Mrs. 'Arris'' novels.
Price: 11.00 USD | See Full
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| 4. | GALLICO, Paul Thomasina
NY Doubleday & Company 1957 First US Edition Hardcover Good+ in Poor dust wrapper
288 pages; Spine ends and corners bumped and worn (not to boards). Previous owner name and address ink stamp on top and bottom page edges and front pastedown. Page edges, pastedowns and endpapers yellowed; covers and interior pages clean. Unclipped dust wrapper is very edgeworn and has several small chips and long tears repaired by previous owner with tape. ; A delightful novel of a cat's life in Scotland; oh, and some humans by the name of Mr. MacDhui, veterinary surgeon, his daughter Mary and a country woman named Lori. The basis for the Disney movie 'The Three Lives of Thomasina'. Gallico admirers might know Thomasina's great-aunt, "Jennie" (published in the US as "The Abandoned".) Recommended.
Price: 24.50 USD | See Full
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| 5. | GALLICO, Paul Too Many Ghosts
Garden City Doubleday 1959 Hardcover; Book Club Edition Very Good- in Very Good dust wrapper
288 pages; Spine ends and two corners bumped, tiny tear on rear spine gutter, page edges pale yellow; covers and interior pages clean, no binding problems. Dust wrapper is edgeworn with two closed tears, a tiny skinned area on spine and a faintly soiled and yellowed white rear panel. ; "Lord Paradine's lovely ancestral home had become a tax-blighted burden, and a haunted one as well. Ghost breaker Hero Alexander (his name as well as his role) is summoned from London to exocise the premises." How Hero outwits Lord Pardine's other-worldly visitors is the basis for this lovely ghost story, or is it a ghostly love story? ; Recommended by Jo C. of the DES email discussion group.
Price: 9.75 USD | See Full
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