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Against the harsh backcloth of unemployment and poverty in a Yorkshire mining village in the 1930s, the lives of the village people are described with tenderness, but without sentimentality or melodrama.
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- PublisherKnopf
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0394506790
- ISBN 13 9780394506791
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages226
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Sam Chard
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Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394506790
ISBN 13: 9780394506791
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Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. Seller Inventory # 32225
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Sam Chard
Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st American Edition Stated. unmarked, clean and sold copy. fading to edges of boards. pictorial dj with 2 small tears to front and back. price is clipped. Seller Inventory # 083827
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SAM CHARD
Published by
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394506790
ISBN 13: 9780394506791
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Hardcover
Seller: Ziebarth Books, Coal Valley, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. First American edition, hardcover. 226 pages. Author's first novel. Near fine with light soil to bottom page edges, in a near fine dust jacket with very light rubbing. Mylar cover on dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 000248
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Sam Chard - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
Published by
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394506790
ISBN 13: 9780394506791
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First Edition
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
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1/4 Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Seller Inventory # 59095
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Sam Chard - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
Published by
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394506790
ISBN 13: 9780394506791
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First Edition
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
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1/4 Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Seller Inventory # 21098
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