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By Right of Conquest: or with Cortez in Mexico
by Henty, G. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Rebound/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Blackie & Son, Limited, London Glasgow Dublin Bombay, 1910. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Rebound/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: W. S. Stacey. preface by author. The text is illustrated by eight black-and-white illustrations by W. S. Stacey, of which four are missing. There are also two maps within the text. Illustrated red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles and illustration to the front panel and back strip. Green coloured tint to all text block edges. On the conquest trail with Cortez. This book has been sympathetically rebound. The cloth of the boards, along with the illustrations, had become rubbed faded and marked -- please see photograph. The green coloured tint of the text block edges has faded and the pages show age toning and the occasional handling mark. With the rebinding the book has been given new endpapers. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [4], 5 - 384, [16 – further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: W. S. Stacey. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Mexico; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Children. Inventory No: 0120379. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0120379
- Title
- By Right of Conquest: or with Cortez in Mexico
- Author
- Henty, G. A
- Illustrator
- W. S. Stacey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Rebound
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London Glasgow Dublin Bombay
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Adolescent Fiction, Early 20th Century, Adventure, Mexico, Cortez, Aztecs Fiction; Mexico; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Children. W. S. Stacey Unbranded Henty, G. A. By Right of Conquest: or with Cortez in Mexico
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- New
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- Gilt
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- Reprint
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- Text Block
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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...
- 12mo
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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