ISBN: 9780394506791 - sam chard (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

1/4 Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First US Edition; First Printing. A Fine first Printing of the First American Edition that does bear two small ink markings to the front pastedown and flyleaf, housed in an alike dust-jacket; is a wild, woolly, and wonderful story of a boy who lives in the Australian Outback with his mother, a she-wolf, his brothers, and sister.Sam Chard is a wild, woolly, and wonderful story of a boy who lives in the Australian Outback with his mother, a she-wolf, his brothers, and sister. The family is constantly on the move, living off the land and hunting for food. One day, they discover a herd of buffalo and set out to hunt them. The chase is thrilling, and they manage to catch several animals. But when they get back to the camp, they find that the mother buffalo has been killed. Sam is heartbroken and blames himself for the death. He doesn't want to go out hunting anymore. But his family is determined to find food, and so they go out again. This time, they're not so lucky. Their supplies are running low, and they're starting to get desperate.; 8vo; 226 pages.…

1/4 Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st US Edition; First Printing. A handsome first American edition/first printing in about Fine condition, hint of sunning to top boards, in alike, slightly rubbed dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number; Sam Chard is a thirteen-year-old farm boy who is trying to find his place in the world. He is trying to find out who he is and what he wants to do with his life. He is also trying to deal with the death of his father.; 8vo; FSA.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 226 pages. cover soiled, page edge foxed, text in good conditionAgainst the harsh backcloth of unemployment and poverty in a Yorkshire mining village in the 1930s, the lives of the village people are described with tender ness, but without sentimentality or melodrama.