THE GARRET AND THE GARDEN : OR, LOW LIFE HIGH UP : AND JEFF BENSON OR, THE YOUNG COASTGUARDSMAN.
by BALLANTYNE, R.M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 :
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London : James Nisbet & Co., [1890]. First edition. Young Scotsman unwittingly enters a Babylonian London underworld, including the remarkable Tommy Splint - "Splint, 'cause w'en I was picked up, a small babby, at the work'us door, my left leg was broke, an' they 'ad to put it up in splints; Tommy, 'cause they said I was like a he-cat; w'ich was a lie!". The second novella in this Ballantyne double-bill relates the story of fun-loving, free-and-easy Jeff Benson on the south-east coast. Crown 8vo (20cm). iv,260,32pp advertisements. Frontispiece and three plates. Original pictorial cloth gilt over bevelled boards; spine a touch rubbed; a hint of wear to extremities; some spotting to edges and prelims, but still a very good copy, fresh and bright.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41582
- Title
- THE GARRET AND THE GARDEN : OR, LOW LIFE HIGH UP : AND JEFF BENSON OR, THE YOUNG COASTGUARDSMAN.
- Author
- BALLANTYNE, R.M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : James Nisbet & Co., [1890].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Scottish Literature, Fiction, Children's Books, Juvenile
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