London: Blackie & Son, Limited. Hardcover. Good. Historical tale, written for young people. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine and front, three-colour illustration on spine and front, coloured text block edges, brown end papers, black and white captioned frontispiece, sixteen pages of publisher's advertising at back. Corners have light wear, spine ends have less wear, cover is clean and bright, owners' names in pencil and ink on half title page, spine slightly cracked at half title lpage. This is a handsome book - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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Bookseller: Black Sheep Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 014611
Title: With Clive in India
Author: Henty, G. A
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Blackie & Son, Limited
Place of Publication: London
Keywords: ANTIQUARIAN, CHILDREN, KIDS, BOYS, U.K., ADVENTURE
Bookseller catalogs: Children's; Antiquarian;

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Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.

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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

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About Black Sheep Books

We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.

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Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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...
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...
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....
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....