The Iron Horse: Life on the Line
by Ballantyne, R. M
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: James Nisbet & Co., Limited Red cloth, spine has title blocked in gilt with illustration of sailing ship, front panel has title in white with illustration of three birds, sailing ship and a gilt moon. No pub./ed. date stated but Preface dated 1871. 407pp. plus 16pp. publisher's catalogue. B/w Frontispiece plus Vignette Title, 4 B/w Plates. Spine tips slightly rubbed, gilt on spine worn. Front pastedown has tiny bookstore label and surface loss to top margin edge. Ffep has p/o details crossed out in black marker with '1871' written in blue pen. Light trace of foxing to edges with several small unobtrusive marks internally, binding firm.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- All Booked
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005304
- Title
- The Iron Horse: Life on the Line
- Author
- Ballantyne, R. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
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