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Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main
by Henty, G. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Rebound/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Blackie & Son, Limited, London, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Rebound/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated. list of illustrations, all 12 present. Black coloured endpapers. Illustrated green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles and illustration to the front panel and back strip. On the high seas with Sir Francis Drake, plundering the Spanish Main. This book has been sympathetically rebound. The cloth of the boards, along with the illustrations, had become rubbed faded and marked -- please see photograph. Browning to the text block edges with age toning, foxing and marks to the pages. Softening to the back strip edges and book corners. Previous owners details to the page following the half title page, dated 27/2/85. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [9], 10 - 368, [32 – further titles from Blackie & Son's New Publications, within the section that there are eight black-and-white illustrations which are from various artists] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Mexico; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Children. Inventory No: 0120380. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0120380
- Title
- Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main
- Author
- Henty, G. A
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Rebound
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Adolescent Fiction, 19th Century, Adventure, Spanish Armada, Sir Francis Drake, piracy Fiction; Mexico; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Children. Illustrated Unbranded Henty, G. A. Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main
Terms of Sale
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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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