THE HATCHET THROWERS
by Greenwood, James, 1832-1929 [author]; Griset, Ernest Henry, 1844-1907 [illustrator]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: John Camden Hotten, 1866. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print, raised bands; Rebound boards half bound with brown leather to spine and corners and brown cloth to boards, slight warping, wear to spine caps and corners, mild scuffing to spine and corners, light mottled fading to cloth, else clean and strong; Text block has gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, bookplate on front pastedown, slight occasional foxing within, some pages with light smudging to fore edge; Original gilt-illustrated blue cloth cover (front and spine) tipped-in at rear; 164 pages, frontispiece, illustrated "with thirty-six illustrations, drawn on wood" (color). 1361188. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1361188
- Title
- THE HATCHET THROWERS
- Author
- Greenwood, James, 1832-1929 [author]; Griset, Ernest Henry, 1844-1907 [illustrator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Camden Hotten
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Gilt
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