London: Edward Arnold, 1903. First edition (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 15cm), xv, 232pp, 32pp catalogue (dated July 1903). 12 plates. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. The binding is a little rubbed and sunned, there is some light fraying to the extremities of the binding, some foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block, and a short ownership inscription. Overall, this book is in good condition.

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Bookseller: Cornell Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 74647
Title: Recollections of a Town Boy at Westminster 1849 - 1855.
Author: Captain F Markham:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Edward Arnold, 1903.

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We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!

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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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