Description: Present your best items with Auctiva's FREE Scrolling Gallery. RURAL FREE DELIVERY RECOLLECTIONS OF A RURAL MAILMAN by MARK WHALON WITH ILLUSTRATIONS by REGINA BODE PUBLISHED by STEPHEN DAYE PRESS, BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT 1942 FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINTING AS STATED DUST JACKET IS IN A NEW ACID-FREE PROTECTIVE COVER, JACKET STILL HAS ORIGINAL PRICE OF $1.75, JACKET HAS CHIPPING AT EXTREMITIES WITH A FEW SMALL TEARS AT TOP EDGES, THERE IS SOILING AND FOXING AND LIGHT STAINS (SEE PICTURES) THE GRAY CLOTH COVER WITH CRISP RED LETTERING AN D ARTWORK IS SQUARE AND TIGHT AND FAIRLY CLEAN OTHER THAN SOME MINOR SOILS AT EDGES MOSTLY BOTTOM FRONT, CORNERS HAVE MINOR WEAR WITH SOME MINOT BUMPS AT TOP CORNERS, SPINE LOOKS GOOD WITH MINOR WEAR AT TIPS THE INSIDE ILLUSTRATED BOARDS AND END PAGES ARE FAIRLY TIGHT WITH SOME TANNING AND DISCOLORING AND A FEW FOXING SPOTS HERE AND THERE THE 135 PAGES ARE TIGHT AND BASICALLY CLEAN OTHER THAN SOME SOME LIGHT FOXING SPOTS NEAR TOP EDGE OF FIRST 15 OR SO PAGES AND SOIL AT RIGHT EDGE OF TITLE-PAGE, THERE ARE ILLUSTRATIONS AT BEGINNING AND END OF EACH CHAPTER, SOME MINOR SOILS AT PARTS OF PAGE ENDS ** A VERY-SCARCE BOOK IN SOLID CONDITION - SYNOPSIS: IN RURAL FREE DELIVERY MARK WHALON FORGETS THAT A RURAL MAILMAN IS NOT SUPPOSE TO HAVE AN OPINION ON ANY CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT. HE TELLS THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS OWN YOUTHFUL MISTAKES AND TRANSGRESSIONS. HE BOASTS ABOUT HIS ANCESTORS AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS WIVES. HE EXPRESSES HIMSELF IN A MOST ORIGINAL FASHION ON A GREAT MANY PROBLEMS THAT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SETTLE IN HIS OWN MIND DURING THE YEARS THAT HE HAS BEEN DELIVERING THE MAIL. . . RURAL FREE DELIVERY IS JUST WHAT ITS TITLE IMPLIES. IT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF UNCONSTRAINED STORY TELLING IN A STRICTLY ORAL STYLE. IT IS NOT A BOOK TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. OR IS IT? THIS BOOK IS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WHERE WHALON WRITES ABOUT GROWING UP IN EAST DORSET, VERMONT. . . ** 6G12W19#166(69) I USUALLY SHIP WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED * PAYMENTS MANAGED BY EBAY * SHIPPING IS MEDIA MAIL, SECURELY PACKAGED * SHIPPING DISCOUNTS ON COMBINED ORDERS * PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS * THANK YOU
Price: 139.95 USD
Location: Windham, Maine
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Shipping Cost: 6.08 USD
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Binding: Hardcover w/Jacket
Place of Publication: BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT
Publisher: STEPHEN DAYE PRESS
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1942
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: REGINA BODE
Special Attributes: With Dust Jacket, 1st Edition, Illustrated
Sub-Topics: Growing up in East Dorset, VT
Author: MARK WHALON
Topic: Autobiographical
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: N/A
