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The Young Llanero, A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela, The Kingston Library for Boys
by Kingston, W H G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London : T Nelson and Sons, 1896. First Edition . Hardcover (Printed Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight but spine is slightly cocked Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in text, endpapers browned Edges browned Some wear on board edges and on the spine, with some rubbing on boards An exciting story for children about life in Venezuela, published in 1896 B & W illustrations
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54199
- Title
- The Young Llanero, A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela, The Kingston Library for Boys
- Author
- Kingston, W H G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Printed Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Pages
- 484
- Weight
- 99.99 lbs
- Keywords
- Collectible Children's Books Kingston, Venezuela
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
Terms of Sale
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Biblio member since 2020
Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Books sourced from all over the world adorn our shelves. We carry a general range of books, some 18,000, including fiction and non-fiction in all genres. We stock collectibles, rare and antiquarian and many out-of-print books. Lonely Planet described Spencer & Murphy Booksellers as "the best bookshop in the North" and we are known as a treasure trove of books and often as Aladdin's Cave of Books.
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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