The Child of the Cavern; or Strange Doings Underground. Author's Illustrated Edition.
by VERNE, JULES ( Translated by W. H. G. Kingston ):
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sampson, Low, 1891. Frontispiece and plates. 8vo (7 1/4 x 4 3/4), 174-pages. Contemporary full tree calf, decorative gilt border to sides, the upper cover gilt blocked "The Grange School , Eastbourne". Spine gilt in compartments and with green lettering piece, all edges marbled. Foxing to prelims. Overall attractive and well bound. "Holiday Task Prize" inscription on verso of front free endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17173
- Title
- The Child of the Cavern; or Strange Doings Underground. Author's Illustrated Edition.
- Author
- VERNE, JULES ( Translated by W. H. G. Kingston ):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London: Sampson, Low, 1891.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
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- Verso
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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....
- 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...