Author: OLLIVANT, ALFRED
Title: Bob Son of Battle (Illustrated Edition)
Description: New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; C1930's printing. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is some beginning water spotting to the top edge of the fronticepiece and the title page. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge nicks and tears along with some beginning water spotting to the bottom spine end. The spine of the dust jacket has noticeable toning / fading. "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+ in Very Good dust jacket .
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Title: Bob Son of Battle (Illustrated Edition)
Description: New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; C1930's printing. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is some beginning water spotting to the top edge of the fronticepiece and the title page. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge nicks and tears along with some beginning water spotting to the bottom spine end. The spine of the dust jacket has noticeable toning / fading. "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+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Young Adult Fiction Alferd Ollivant Dogs Animals Pedigree dogs Canines Adventure
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 46449
- Book number: 46449
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