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Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and baron Stilkin
by W. H. G. Kingston
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , [1880]. Cloth. Good. 8" by 6" . Not Stated . A scarce copy of this early boy's tale by William Henry Giles Kingston. Juvenile fiction narrating the adventures of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilton by William Henry Giles Kingston, English writer. A scarce title. Early edition dated from Copac. With illustrations in text. In the original publisher's full cloth binding, gilt to edges. Externally sound with shelf wear, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine, minor chipping to head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Minor spotting scattered to leaves. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 823A4
- Title
- Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and baron Stilkin
- Author
- W. H. G. Kingston
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1880]
- Size
- 8" by 6"
- Keywords
- scarce books fairy tales illustrated fairy tales
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.