Jock of the Bushveld
by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908. Book. Illus. by E. Caldwell. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. G/none, used, pale turquoise blue cloth binding with gilt text on spine and upper. There is also a gilt impala head on spine and a gilt illustration of Jock on the upper. Interior clean no marks except former owners name on the ffep and a former sellers blind-stamp on the bottom fore corner of the ffep. Foxing to end papers. Color frontis, vii-ix, 182pp. Title page states this is the "Prize edition, abridged". Shelf wear to exterior, upper corners slightly bumped, spine a bit sunned..
Synopsis
Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick. The book tells of Fitzpatrick's travels with his dog, Jock, during the 1880s, when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, journalist and ox-wagon transport-rider in the Bushveld region of the Transvaal. Fitzpatrick later recounted these adventures as bedtime stories to his four children.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015386
- Title
- Jock of the Bushveld
- Author
- Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
- Illustrator
- E. Caldwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1908
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- SIR PERCY FITZPATRICK, JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD, SOUTH AFRICA, HUNTING, BIG GAME, TREK BOERS
Terms of Sale
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
Biblio member since 2012
TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
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