The Gorilla Hunters
by Ballantyne, R. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and rubbed, spine cocked, pages toned.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: S. W. Partridge. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and rubbed, spine cocked, . pages toned.. N.D.. Reprint. Hardcover. Circa 1880s-1910s reprint of this juvenile adventure tale in the heart of Africa by the prolific Scottish author. Blue decorative cloth binding. Six dramatic black and white illustrations by J. B. Greene. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37492
- Title
- The Gorilla Hunters
- Author
- Ballantyne, R. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and rubbed, spine cocked, pages toned.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- S. W. Partridge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- ADVENTURE Fiction, GORILLAS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....