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The Congo Rovers. A Story of the Slave Squadron
by COLLINGWOOD, Harry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Grange over Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
COLLINGWOOD, Harry
The Congo Rovers. A Story of the Slave Squadron
Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow & Dublin, c. 1887, hardback with pictorial cloth boards, VG, b/w frontispiece in addition to five plates; all illustrated by John Schonberg, 352 pp. plus a further 32 pages of advertising 'Blackie & Sons Books for Young People' to the rear.
Boards edge worn with bumps to corners, quite grubby, bookseller label to front end paper, presentation plate on front free end paper, no annotations, sound tight binding, lean to the spine, pages clean, lightly tanned, top edge dust stained, water damage to bottom fore-edge corner of text block. Good sound copy.
ANTIQUARIAN, FICTION, HARDBACK, CHILDREN'S STORY, HARRY COLLINGWOOD
46469 ANTIQ/FIC £31.50
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Details
- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46469
- Title
- The Congo Rovers. A Story of the Slave Squadron
- Author
- COLLINGWOOD, Harry
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son, Limited
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow & Dublin
- Date Published
- c. 1887
- Pages
- 352 pp.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN, FICTION, HARDBACK, CHILDREN'S STORY, HARRY COLLINGWOOD
- Bookseller catalogs
- ANTI;
Terms of Sale
Daisyroots Books Ltd
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Daisyroots Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Grange over Sands, Cumbria
About Daisyroots Books Ltd
Daisyroots Books can be found on Main Street, right in the heart of the Edwardian seaside town of Grange over Sands. Over 20,000 books in 3 rooms on 2 floors. Antiquarian, collectable and contemporary titles. Open Mon - Sat 9:30 - 4.30 www.daisyrootsbooks.co.uk
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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