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Stories Jolly: Stories New: Stories Strange & Stories True. A Series of new and original tales for boys and girls from six to fourteen years old.
by BALLANTYNE; BARING-GOULD; MAVILLE FENN; HENTY; YONGE; &C
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London. Skeffington & Son. 1889 1st edition.. 8vo. (Approx 8 x 6 inches.) In pale green pictorial bevelled cloth covers with gilt to spine. Vignette to back. Patterned endpapers. In good condition. Some darkening to edges of cover. Spine slightly darkened. Neat inscription to half-title page. Else a very clean and tight copy. 265pp. With 5 b&w full page plates and decorative headings and footers. Very scarce first edition of this collection of stories including; True to Her Charge, by G.A.Henty; A Gallant Rescue by R.M.Ballantyne, How the Starling Caught Cold by Geo.Manville Fenn, The New Master by S.Baring-Gould and others.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75623
- Title
- Stories Jolly: Stories New: Stories Strange & Stories True. A Series of new and original tales for boys and girls from six to fourteen years old.
- Author
- BALLANTYNE; BARING-GOULD; MAVILLE FENN; HENTY; YONGE; &C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London. Skeffington & Son. 1889 1st edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- G. A. HENTY BALLANTYNE; BARING-GOULD; MAVILLE FENN; HENTY; YONGE; &C., Stories Jolly, New, Strange, True, boys, girls, first edition London. Skeffington & Son., London. Skeffington & Son., 1st
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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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