The Last of his Line. A Public School Story
by Gunby Hadath
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: S W Partridge & Co Ltd, 1914 A very good copy in the original cloth binding with gilt and black titles and illustrations to front board and gilt titles and illustration to spine. Contents with colour frontispiece and 5 further colour plates. The binding is bright with wear to the top corner of the front board (slight cloth loss); a small bump to the bottom corner of the front board and light wear to spine ends. The back board is lightly faded close to the spine and has light corner wear. Endpapers are clean and there is an inscription dated Xmas 1914 to the verso of the frontispiece. Contents clean and bright with the odd mark: side margin p 11; side margin pp 64/5; bottom and side margin p 126/7; and side margin p 350.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032832
- Title
- The Last of his Line. A Public School Story
- Author
- Gunby Hadath
- Illustrator
- Ernest Prater
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- S W Partridge & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- gunby hadath; public school stories; early twentieth century school stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....