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Caesar. The Life Story of a Panda Leopard.: Illustrations by Harry Rountree.
by O'BRIAN, Patrick. RUSS, Richard Patrick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: G. P. Putnam's Sons,, 1930. Patrick O'Brian's first book, written when he was fifteen First edition, first impression, second issue jacket. Patrick O'Brian's story of a panda leopard born in the Tibetan forests is his first book, written when he was 15 years old and before he changed his name from Richard Patrick Russ. "I did it mostly in my bedroom and a little when I should have been doing homework" (jacket blurb). Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine and front board in black. With dust jacket. Colour frontispiece and 13 black and white plates Spine gently rolled, free endpapers partially tanned, some spotting to contents and edges of text block. A very good copy in a lightly chipped and tanned jacket with four tape repairs to the verso.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93040
- Title
- Caesar. The Life Story of a Panda Leopard.
- Author
- O'BRIAN, Patrick. RUSS, Richard Patrick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: G. P. Putnam's Sons,
- Date Published
- 1930
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Text Block
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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