The Round of the Year: An Almanac, Fredric Klees 1963 1st printing, Swarthmore

Description: The Round of the Year: An Almanac, Fredric Klees 1963 1st edition, 1st printing, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Dutch country. 12 months in the country with a Naturalist. From the jacket, "The urban reader will find this day-to-day account of an idyllic existence an anodyne for the pressures of today's living, and the country dweller will find a sharpened vision of the world on his doorstep." Of note, the inscription is to Dot [Dorothy] Gulick, who had Professor Klees in a class at Swarthmore, and she was the daughter of George P. Merrill, head curator of geology at the Smithsonian, and daughter in law of Luther Halsey Gulick who had many contributions society including co-inventing the game of basketball, the YMCA, and establishing a summer camp in Maine that is now called Wohelo. Dorothy, or Dottie, was a director of the Luther Gulick Camps (Wohelo) for many years. Book is in Good+ condition with light wear and shelf wear. Covers and pages are square, clean, bright and unmarked except for author's inscription and signature on the title page. Binding is sound. Dust jacket has wear, and short tears and some blotches and small stains, and there is a red dot sticker on the front flap. Please see pictures as they are considered part of the condition description. I take numerous photos of the actual item and describe it as accurately as I can so you don't have to risk your buying decision on stock photos and generic condition descriptions. A portion of this sale goes to a food bank in honor of my father-in-law who ran a food bank. Many people experience hunger on a regular basis and they rely on food banks. Thank you for supporting them with your purchase. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED: If you are unhappy with any aspect of this transaction, please contact me immediately. I will work hard to keep buyers happy and to resolve the rare problem promptly. QUALITY PACKAGING: I care about your purchase! I package books and DVDs protected in plastic sleeves for water protection and wrapped carefully for safe and secure shipping. There are cheaper, easier, and faster ways to package items for shipping but the risk of damage during shipment is not worth it for you or me. I’m proud of the positive feedback I have received related to packaging. USPS MEDIA MAIL: I ship books and DVDs by USPS media mail. Media mail is generally reasonably fast, but can rarely take up to 8 days, so please be patient. Shipping outside of the U.S. is handled by the eBay Global Shipping program. I ship to the eBay international shipping clearing house in Kentucky and eBay takes it from there. eBay adds on the extra cost for international shipping and I have no control over that cost or how long it takes. eBay should give you a shipping estimate/total on the listing page for your particular order. POSITIVE FEEDBACK: If you believe you would be happy to purchase something from me again in the future, please consider leaving me positive feedback for this purchase as it really helps small eBay sellers like me. I leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for me. Let's do this together! Enjoy!

Price: 24.95 USD

Location: Seabrook, Texas

End Time: 2024-11-10T08:00:01.000Z

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