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A Robber Meets His Match - Thornton Burgess

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Burgess, Robber Meets His Match, 1stEd. 1940 Cady ill.: "A Robber Meets His Match" by Thornton W. Burgess, original 3700 series issued in paperback by the Platt & Munk Co. in 1940. Richly illustrated by Harrison Cady throughout. First Edition. Stapled pape

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Burgess In the Woods Nature Stories Boxed Set: An "In the Woods" Nature Stories boxed set by Thornton Burgess with illustrations by Harrison Cady, to include A Merry Coasting Party, A Robber Meets his Match, Reddy Fox's Sudden Engagement, and Padd

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Thornton Burgess and Harrison Cady BUSTER BEAR: Title: BUSTER BEAR by Thornton Burgess and Illustrated by Harrison Cady Author: Thornton Burgess Publishing Info: Little Brown 1st ed (Oct. 1923)) Edition: First Ed. Subject: A tale of Bears and Bear

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Six Thornton Burgess Bedtime Story Books: Six Thornton Burgess Quaddies Mark Bedtime Story books with Harrison Cady illustrations, published by Little, Brown, and Co., Boston, 1925. Includes The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat, The Adventures of

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Three Thornton Burgess Mini Book Sets: Three Thornton Burgess mini book box sets to include Eight Sleepytime Stories (Stoll & Edwards Co., New York); Eight Bedtime Stories (Stoll and Edwards Co., New York); and The Feast at the Big Rock an

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Three Thornton Burgess First Edition Books: Three Thornton Burgess first edition books with Harrison Cady illustrations, to include Blacky the Crow, Buster Bear's Twins, and Whitefoot the Wood Mouse. Little, Brown, and Co., Boston. 8-1/2 in tal

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Three Thornton Burgess Little Animal Book Sets: Three Little Animal Book box sets by Thornton Burgess, published by John H. Eggers, Rust Craft, Boston, 1917. 3-1/2 in tall x 2-1/2 in wide.

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Four Thornton Burgess Mini Book Series: Four sets of Thornton Burgess mini book series published by John H. Eggers to include Jack Frost Helps Paddy the Beaver, Peter Rabbit Learns from Striped Chipmunk, Danny Meadow Mouse Learns Something,

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Eight Thornton Burgess Books: Eight Thornton Burgess books, published by Little, Brown, and Co., to include Mother West Wind "When" Stories; Mother West Wind's Neighbors; Old Mother West Wind; Poor Mrs. Quack; Reddy Fox; Mother We

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Three Thornton Burgess Books: Three Thornton Burgess books to include At Paddy the Beaver's Pond, illustrated by Harrison Cady, Bonanza Books, New York.; The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp, illustrated by F.A. Anderson, Penn Publi

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Three Thornton Burgess Mini Box Sets: Three Thornton Burgess mini box sets to include Strange Tracks in the Green Forest, Peter Rabbit Finds No One to Play With, and Fun with Farmer Brown's Boy. Box is 3 in tall x 2-1/2 in wide.

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Thornton Burgess: The Adventures of Prickly Porky: A first edition of The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton Burgess, illustrated by Harrison Cady. Published by Little, Brown, and Co., copyright 1916. With early dust jacket. 7 in tall x 4-1/2 in

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Thornton Burgess Peter Rabbit Mini Book: Eight miniature books in original box by Thornton Burgess with illustrations by Harrison Cady. Published by John H. Eggers, 1914. Features red box with paste label, Peter Rabbit Introduces his Big Cou

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Thornton Burgess Mini Book Grouping: A large collection of Thornton Burgess mini books with various advertisements en verso. Each: 2-1/2 in tall x 2 in wide.

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(20)Atq Thornton Burgess Bedtime Story Books - Early 1900s - Peter Cottontail, Johnny Chuck, Jimmy: (20)Atq Thornton Burgess Bedtime Story Books - Early 1900s - Peter Cottontail, Johnny Chuck, Jimmy Skunk, Buster Bear + More

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Thornton Burgess Animal Games & Freddie Frog Game: Grouping with two Thornton W. Burgess Animal Game boards with illustration by Harrison Cady, published by Saalfield Publishubg Co., both numbered 601, and a Milton Bradley Co. Game of Freddie Frog # 4

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A Robber Meets His Match - Thornton Burgess

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A Robber Meets His Match

Illustrated by Harrison Cady. An unusually bright copy in very good plus condition

Author: Thornton Waldo Burgess
Illustrations Color B/W Illustrations
Dated: 1940
Publisher: Platt Munk
Edition: 1st
Size: Square 8vo
Binding Trade Wraps Linen Like
Type: Juvenile
Notes & Literature Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American conservationist and author of children's stories. Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years in books and his newspaper column, Bedtime Stories. He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man.
Condition Report Very Good Plus

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A Robber Meets His Match - Thornton Burgess

Name: A Robber Meets His Match - Thornton Burgess
SKU: 75156002
Price: 40 USD
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