Religious Tract Society London undated G (no dj, dark green cloth with blind stamped decoration and dull gilt titles, one or two tiny faded speckles front board, light foxing prelims and back endpaper, prize plate front fixed endpaper dated 1925, back free endpaper missing, front hinge cracked but textblock binding firm, occasional faint smudges in margins and scattered spotting outside edges) 12mo 316pp. Colour illustration to title page with red/blue lettering. Colour frontispiece and 2 colour plates. No date of publication but inscribed 1925.

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Bookseller: lobstabooks (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 34440
Title: THE MASTER OF THE SHELL
Author: Talbot Baines Reed:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Religious Tract Society London undated
Bookseller catalogs: Childrens;

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G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Inscribed: When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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...
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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