London: Ernest Nister 256 pp + (8) pp publisher's advertising, 7 3/8" H. No date (c1900). Light green cloth with gilt & black lettering, black/red/ white/blue illustrations on spine/front board. Colour frontispiece, b&w illustrations. Jerry Baskerville appears to be an orphan, surviving in a brutal boarding school. But an encounter with a highwayman and experiences with the Light Dragoons in Revolutionary France help unravel the mystery of his past. New front endpapers. Light to moderate browning to pages, several separations between page gatherings but pages are still holding firmly, browning to edges of text block, light edge wear - moderate at bottom corners, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, light soiling to boards, light browning to spine, book is slightly cocked, small ghost sticker mark on front board, light foxing to rear endpapers.. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by G.C. Glover..

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Bookseller: Capricorn Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 29610
Title: FOOD FOR POWDER. A TALE OF THE LIGHT DRAGOONS.
Author: Parry, D.H
Illustrator: G.C. Glover.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Publisher: Ernest Nister
Place of Publication: London
Keywords: Military Fiction, Boy's Adventures, Light Dragoons, Illustrated Books, 19th Century, Victorian Boys' Books, Juvenile Fiction, Jerry Baskerville, King's Shilling, Napoleonic Era, French Revolution, Highwaymen, 15th Regiment, Coldstream Guards,
Bookseller catalogs: Childrens; Military - Fiction;

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Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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....
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....
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...
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...
Gatherings: A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...