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THE GREAT WHITE CHIEF. A Story of Adventure in Unknown New Guinea
by MACDONALD, Robert M.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Blackie, 1908.. FIRST EDITION 1908, 8vo, red pictorial cloth, illustrated in brown, black, green and yellow on upper cover and spine, gilt lettered on upper cover and spine, olivine edges, grey endpapers, pages: 367 + 16. 8 black and white plates by W. Rainey plus a folding map. Spine slightly faded, gilt spine lettering slightly worn, head and tail of spine very slightly worn with 1 minute nick to cloth at head and tail of spine, tiniest bump to lower corner of upper cover, neat name at top of half-title, pale foxing to half-title, occasional slight pale foxing throughout, a couple of inner joints cracked but binding tight and firm, small crease to a few top corners. A very good clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43184
- Title
- THE GREAT WHITE CHIEF. A Story of Adventure in Unknown New Guinea
- Author
- MACDONALD, Robert M.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Blackie, 1908.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Boys adventure stories fiction Victorian pictorial cloth New Guinea
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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,...
- 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...
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