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Kidnapped. Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he Was Kidnapped and Cast Away; His Sufferings in a Desert Isle; His Journey in the Wild Highlands.and Now Set Forth By Robert Louis Stevenson
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1988. This is a Very Good copy of the Copyright edition (First Edition Thus) of Stevenson's classic tale of adventure, published two years after the First Edition by Cassell. Part of the "Collection of British Authors.Vol. 2526." Presented in a half-leather binding: marbled paper-covered boards with green leather spine and tips. Six rules and gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 288 pages. The text is especially bright and clear, supple, and easily readable today. Page edges are marbled as well. Rubbing to the edges and very slightly cocked. An extremely attractive small volume. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Thus.. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003067
- Title
- Kidnapped. Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he Was Kidnapped and Cast Away; His Sufferings in a Desert Isle; His Journey in the Wild Highlands.and Now Set Forth By Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- Bernhard Tauchnitz
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1988
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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