- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Thomas J. Joyce And Company
AbeBooks seller since March 25, 2011
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 24.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
8vo; xvi, 572 pages, green cloth, variant thickness ca. 3mm., inked name on endpaper. An epic historical novel of the life of Joseph Bailly and his family. " If some of the episodes seem overdramatic, . The author has, if anything, underdrawn the amazing happenings in the Old Northwest. In addition to being a story of adventure, a record of people and events of the early nineteenth century from Canada to the Gulf, and especially in the Middle Western portion of the Great Lakes region . and a record of the passing of the Indian life and the french life and of the coming of the Anglo-Saxon frontiersman, the book also becomes a record of the vanishing wilderness of the Calumet marshes and the Indiana and Michigan dune country - Preface." Partially set in Frenchtown, L'Arbre Croche, and Detroit, and on Mackinac Island - MICHIGAN IN THE NOVEL, 16." It was a beautiful world - edged with danger, like a sword shining and sharp. . Always, as her parents said so often, there seemed to be wolves against the moon! " - p.536.…
Seller Inventory # 6028
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Wolves Against The Moon
- Author
- Julia Cooley Altrocchi
- Publisher
- Macmillan ( 1940 ), New York
- Publication year
- 1940
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- Facsimile edition.
- Seller catalogs
- fiction, FICTION::Historical, HISTORY::United States::State & Local::Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), TRAVEL::United States::Midwest::East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since March 25, 2011
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 7.00 | US$ 16.00 |
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Store description
Joyce And Company, established 1975, works out of an office near Chicago's Loop. There are usually 15-20,000 books on-site and available for browsing. Mr. Joyce was a founding partner of the former Chicago Rare Book Center, of Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. Proprietor Tom Joyce appeared regularly as the book appraiser on "The Appraisal Fair", seen on Home And Garden Television, HGTV. We still do appraisals on a wide variety of subjects, from literature to history, fine books, children's, presses, theology, law, medicine, maps, autographs. These topics are reflected in our inventory, and much more, including Sherlockiana. In addition to regional institutions nearby Chicago and Illinois, we have been able to place rare materials with the American Antiquarian Society, The Library of Congress, The Bodleian Library, Harvard and Yale Universities, the Presidential Libraries of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, et cetera. …
Specialty
Rare Books, Lakeside Classics, First Editions, Vintage Medicine, Vintage Law, Sherlockiana, Fine Printing, Americana, Illinois and local history, Chicago, World LiteratureSeller's business information
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
IL, U.S.A.
Terms of sale
Payment may be by cheques, most credit or debit cards. All items are guaranteed to be as described. That is a lifetime guarantee - my lifetime, that is. TJJ
Shipping terms
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra fees are required by the package carrier.