Allan's Wife and Other Tales (Hunter Quatermain's Story, A Tale of Three Lions and Long Odds)
by HAGGARD H Rider
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Spencer Blackett, 1889 brown cloth with gilt and black titling and dec., rubbed joints and corners, corners frayed, spine leans, front hinge cracked, rear hinge loosened and opening but holding on tape etc, small tear bottom corner of front fep, pencil name to verso of fep, 331pp + plates +4pp +32pp adverts, also illustrations within text, first issue of the title, plus reissue in book form of the other stories. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Maurice Greiffenhagen and Charles Kerr. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009206
- Title
- Allan's Wife and Other Tales (Hunter Quatermain's Story, A Tale of Three Lions and Long Odds)
- Author
- HAGGARD H Rider
- Illustrator
- Maurice Greiffenhagen and Charles Kerr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Spencer Blackett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- Allan Quatermain Africa Safari Victorian Adventure Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION LITERATURE & CRITICISM;
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- Cracked
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Jacket
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