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A Chapter of Adventures or, Through the Bombardment of Alexandria
by HENTY, G. A
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HENTY, G. A.
A Chapter of Adventures or, Through the Bombardment of Alexandria
Blackie & Son, Limited, London, c. 1891, hardback with pictorial cloth boards, VG, grey end papers, six full page illustrations by W. H. Overend, 288 pp plus a further 32 pages of advertising 'Blackie & Sons Books for Young People' to the rear.
Boards quite grubby with age, small stain to rear board, edge worn, inner hinge cracked, otherwise binding sound, no inscription or annotations, presentation plate on front free end paper, ink stain to rear end paper, foxing to prelims and pages throughout text block, edges dust stained. Good sound copy.
ANTIQUARIAN, CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED FICTION, HENTY, G. A. , ADVENTURE.
46481 ANTIQ/CHILDREN'S £31.50
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- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46481
- Title
- A Chapter of Adventures or, Through the Bombardment of Alexandria
- Author
- HENTY, G. A
- Illustrator
- W. H. Overend
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c. 1891
- Pages
- 288 pp
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN, CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED FICTION, HENTY, G. A. , ADVENTURE.
- Bookseller catalogs
- ANTI;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Daisyroots Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Grange over Sands, Cumbria
About Daisyroots Books Ltd
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- Edges
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- Plate
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Text Block
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- Cracked
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- G
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- VG
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