Author: OLLIVANT, ALFRED
Title: Bob Son of Battle
Description: New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1898. Early Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and fraying, along with one small tear to the top rear spine joint. Both front and rear covers have some spots of biopredation (bug nibbles to the color on the cloth) . The text pages are clean and bright. "Alfred Ollivant (1874–1927) was an English novelist known best for his novel Owd Bob. Ollivant also published about a dozen other novels ranging from small-scale cautionary tales to grand historical stories. Alfred Ollivant was born in Nuthurst, Sussex, in 1874 and became an author after a horse-riding injury ended his brief military career. Owd Bob, his first novel, was published in 1898. Set in rural Cumbria, in northern England, the novel concerns a suspected sheepkilling collie, Bob. Even though most of the book's dialogue is written in the Cumbrian dialect, it became popular in the United States. Ollivant published a sequel, Danny, in 1902. He was also a short story contributor to the magazines The Atlantic Monthly and the Boston Evening Transcript. Alfred Ollivant died in London on 19 January 1927. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .
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Title: Bob Son of Battle
Description: New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1898. Early Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and fraying, along with one small tear to the top rear spine joint. Both front and rear covers have some spots of biopredation (bug nibbles to the color on the cloth) . The text pages are clean and bright. "Alfred Ollivant (1874–1927) was an English novelist known best for his novel Owd Bob. Ollivant also published about a dozen other novels ranging from small-scale cautionary tales to grand historical stories. Alfred Ollivant was born in Nuthurst, Sussex, in 1874 and became an author after a horse-riding injury ended his brief military career. Owd Bob, his first novel, was published in 1898. Set in rural Cumbria, in northern England, the novel concerns a suspected sheepkilling collie, Bob. Even though most of the book's dialogue is written in the Cumbrian dialect, it became popular in the United States. Ollivant published a sequel, Danny, in 1902. He was also a short story contributor to the magazines The Atlantic Monthly and the Boston Evening Transcript. Alfred Ollivant died in London on 19 January 1927. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .
Keywords: Young Adult Fiction Alferd Ollivant Dogs Animals Pedigree dogs Canines Adventure
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 40826
- Book number: 40826
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