About this title: Critics hailed Robert Ruark's "The Old Man and the Boy" as a tale of "infinite warmth, wisdom, and understanding." This quiet best-seller captured the endearing relationship between a man and his grandson as they fish and hunt the lakes and woods of North Carolina. Now, the Old Man has passed on and the boy has grown up, and it's the boy's story that is told in this moving, nostalgic sequel. First published in the late 1950s and never out of print, "The Old Man's Boy Grows Older" will transport you back to the days when ice cream was made at home and when fishing was not about the fish, but ...
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Fawcett, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 1961 Fawcett Crest paperback. NOT EX LIB! Tight spine, white pages, just a hint of tanning just inside covers, light reading wear, barely creased spine, mild edgewear. Great shape! 255 p. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett Crest, New York
Date Published: 1966
Description: Good. 255 p.; this book has yellow cover with black and red prints. This is in good shape, clean with minor dampstaining and minor edgewear.; 18 Cm. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Owl Books
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780805029741ISBN:0805029745
Description: ISBN 0805029745. Trade paperback copy in very good condition with minor shelf wear. Later printing of this edition. K4 Shelf 2, 3 88 Copy #3. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Owlet
Date Published: 1993-10-01
ISBN-13:9780805029741ISBN:0805029745
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780805029741. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780805029741ISBN:0805029745
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Walter Dower. Good in Poor jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Sequel to 'The Old Man and the Boy'. Dust jacket in Brodart. Extensive wear; sunning, chips and tears. Fragile. Brown cloth with title on spine and reproduction of author's signature on front. Rubbing to cloth mid-spine. White stains to top edge of rear (paint splatter? ). Rubbing to head and tail of spine. Slightly cocked. Some stains to page edges. Small faded stain to first page of text.302p. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett Publications
Date Published: 1966
Description: Very Good. 1966 fawcett-mass paper back book vg light wear, tanning, with no jacket as issued * Unmarked* All merchandise is fully guaranteed* Buy from a professional company that cares about your satisfaction*S. read more
Description: Fine. B0007EXQ6Y 1961 Fawcett paperback. Like new, unread, clean and tight. Looks like it was printed last month, not 50 years ago. Not ex-library. No markings. read more
Edition: 1st British edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London
Date Published: 1962
Description: 23. 5cm. VG h/c in price clipped art DJ, with small section missing front top corner and at spine top, with two insect perforations nearby. Three tiny holes DJ back edge near top. Faint foxing to EPs. 302 pages, Chapter head line drawings. One of Ruark's lesser known works, a sequal to The Old Man and the Boy. Now the Old Man is departed and the Boy matured to travel far and wide, but always remembering the Old Man. Regarded as one of hidmost poetic and nostelgic books. Art by Walter Dower. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Holt-Rinehart and Winston, NY
Date Published: 1961
Description: Walter Dower. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Book with glazed brown cloth leather-like covers is fresh and unfaded, titles bright on spine and front cover, binding is tight and spine square, just traces of wear to edges and corners. Interior is clean and bright, no marks or writing. One nick about 1" long on lower page edges extending to front cover edge is the only flaw, no foxing and only very faint toning. Unclipped DJ is intact, unfaded, light creasing to top edge nd several ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Tight and square, light foxing in edges and endpapers, small name in front. Dust jacket is unclipped, light corner wear, foxing, protected in a loose clear film sleeve. read more
Edition: stated 1st Ed
Binding: Brown/gilt
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,, NY
Date Published: 1961
Description: Walter Dower drawings. Hardccover. DJ price clip, minor wear, lt. soil. Owner name. VG/VG, Whit/red/gren. Octavo, 302 pp., Follows Old Man and the Boy, tales of his grandfater with whom he roamed the NC Mountains. Stories of hunting in Africa as he remembers his grandfather's teachings. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very Good-in Good+ dust jacket. Corners bumped. Dustjacket edgeworn and rubed, and with some red ball-point writing on front of dustjacket, just under title.; 8vo; 302 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HOLT, RINEHART, WINSTON, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: N-Fine in Very Good jacket. A square solid tight clean un-read copy. This copy has some pagedge browning and a previous owner's name written neatly on the FFEP else fine. The plain paper jacket has some rubbing wear, edgewear, foxing and some soil. A very nice over-all copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Holt Rinehart And Winston, New York, NY
Date Published: 1961
Description: B0007DK7YO. NF in a VG+ DJ with minor edgewear only; DJ has one small chip to lower front panel, minor rub lower spine corner. No names, markings, bookplates, etc.; Stated First; Brown cloth; 8vo; DJ. read more
"That Robert Ruark learned much from his experience as a big-game hunter in Africa, and that he truly appreciated the relationship of the hunter to the hunted, as well as the need and the value of male mentoring. The older you get, the more you will appreciate his writings."
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