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The Ancient Allan
by H Rider Haggard
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
€8.98€7.19
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Co Ltd, 1920 Book. Illus. by Albert Morrow. Fair. Tan Cloth Boards. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Allan Quatermain story. 310pp. Bound in publisher's original cloth with oblong monochrome panel inlay and blind lettering to top board, gilt lettering to spine and 8 black and white illustrations. Bumping and rubbing to corners, backstrip frayed, edges somewhat soiled, left hinge cracked, frontis detached and some pencil notes to endpaper and some margins, otherwise fair reading copy..
Synopsis
Now I, Allan Quatermain, come to the weirdest (with one or two exceptions perhaps) of all the experiences which it has amused me to employ my idle hours in recording here in a strange land, for after all England is strange to me. I grow elderly. I have, as I suppose, passed the period of enterprise and adventure and I should be well satisfied with the lot that Fate has given to my unworthy self.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008533
- Title
- The Ancient Allan
- Author
- H Rider Haggard
- Illustrator
- Albert Morrow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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