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NY: Junior Literary Guild. VG/Good+ (see notes). 1939. reprint. hardcover. 8vo . 228pp . Couple well-closed tears to 1", 1/4" chip head of spine, dampline to bright DJ, not affecting book. .

Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1939. Octavo, illustrated blue cloth (hardcover), silver letters and decoration to upper cover, illustrated endpapers, full-color illus. frontis., 228 pp. Near-Fine, in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with light edgewear. From dust jacket: Song Dog is a nature novel for the whole family. It is written with unsentimental realism and absolute faithfulness to the psychology of the wild creatures of the land of the great silences and Joshua trees. It is the first true story -- the locale is the little known Mojave Desert -- of the coyote, the only animal that has outwitted man. The author is the creator of the well-known motion picture Sequoia, which depicts the life of the wild folk with fidelity. The story is filled with accounts of the desert wilderness that will grip the reader with the elemental power of nautre unspoiled by civilization. Its plot is cunningly built with humor, pathos, and magic suspense woven about the strange tale of the… Read More

Methuen, 1940. Book. Illus. by Edward Shenton. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st UK edition 1940 Internally almost fine marked down as a couple of faint marks page 46/7 (almost missed them !) no name - green covers with some lightish marks with a sunned spine - No D/j but protected by clear cello sleeve - Guaranteed posting 24hrs from St Ives in Cornwall st237.