Kidnapped.
by HILDER, Rowland (illustrates). STEVENSON, Robert Louis
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, London., 1938. Re-issue of a book originally published in 1930. Royal octavo. 290 pages. Twelve tipped in colour plates, monochrome endsheet designs and black and white drawings in the text by Rowland Hilder. Extending map of David Balfour's wanderings. Full pictorial buckram lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Upper joint faintly affected by damp. Very good indeed in very good, nicked dustwrapper stained at spine, in publisher's marked and rubbed slipcase.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HILDERRO008223
- Title
- Kidnapped.
- Author
- HILDER, Rowland (illustrates). STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, London.
- Date Published
- 1938
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About the Seller
Peter Ellis bookseller
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LONDON
About Peter Ellis bookseller
A shop in one of the last remaining bookselling enclaves of London, with a carefully selected stock of modern first editions, art and illustrated books, travel literature and other subjects. Known for books in fine condition.
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
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