Erling the Bold: A Tale of the Norse Sea-Kings
by Ballantyne, R. M. [Robert Michael]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: James Nisbet & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. [1908]. Hardcover. Hinges cracked. Rear free endpaper missing. Prize label partly removed from front pastedown. Moderate foxing to page edges. Binding shaky. Corners bumped. Some loss of cloth at corners of boards. Some fraying and 1/2" tear to cloth at spine ends. Heavy rubbing to top margin of front board. ; No date (Prize label dated 1908). "Twentieth Edition". vi, [2], 437, [1] pages + b&w frontis + 4 b&w plates + extra illustrated b&w title page + 5 leaves of advertisements at rear. Green cloth covers with white, gilt, and dark red-brown illustrations on spine and front board. Illustration of ship on spine. ; 12mo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5170
- Title
- Erling the Bold: A Tale of the Norse Sea-Kings
- Author
- Ballantyne, R. M. [Robert Michael]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1908]
- Keywords
- Ballantyne Africa
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Spine
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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