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Nobody's Boy

Author: Hector Henri Malot; Florence Crewe-Jones (translator)
ISBN #: B000OC5OVO
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Platt & Munk
Publisher Location: New York
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Edition: First Thus
Pub Date: 1962
Very light shelf wear to the book; more to tips, corners, and edges of the jacket, several shallow chips, no tears. Priced jacket with lower corner clipped. First American edition stated in publisher's foreword although there was a 1916 Cupples and Leon edition with the Florence Crewe-Jones translation. "A French foundling who is sold to a traveling troupe at the age of eight experiences many adventures before he finally finds his real home. Remi's quest to find a family of his own is filled with action and suspense. In the course of his travels, Remi experiences hunger, poverty and freezing cold, but learns the great lesson of loyal friendship."--OCLC. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!