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Kidnapped. Being the Adventures of David Balfour, How He Was Kidnapped and Cast Away;... With sixteen Illustrations by W.B. Hole.
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Casssell & Company Ltd. February 1912 reprint. Hardback, 7.25 x 5 inches. Full navy blue polished calf leather fine prize binding, decorative gilt paneled boards with crest to front “Westholme Hunstanton.” With raised banding, gilt decorations and maroon leather label to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Spine, top and side edges of front board sunned. Corners slightly bumped. Prize inscription to front endpaper “P. Bell, Christmas 1912.” One small tear to edge of halftitle page. Map and plates all clean and bright. Some occasional foxing to pages. Else a very good clean and tight copy. vi +319pp. 1pp advert at rear. Illustrated with sixteen B&W plates by W.B. Hole. PLUS folding colour map frontis.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94546
- Title
- Kidnapped. Being the Adventures of David Balfour, How He Was Kidnapped and Cast Away;... With sixteen Illustrations by W.B. Hole.
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Casssell & Company Ltd. February 1912 reprint
- Keywords
- Literature STEVENSON, Robert Louis: Kidnapped, Illustrations by W.B. Hole, leather, fine binding, 1912, David Balfour, Westholme Hunstanton, prize
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Sunned
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- Calf
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Reprint
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- Fine
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