Cassell and Company London 1893 G (no dj, green/gilt pictorial cloth decorated in orange/green/black/pale blue, gilt title panel on spine and gilt boy holding long-barrelled gun, gilt title on very attractive front board with gilt illustration of Indian with rifle and two other men, with surrounding foliage in orange, pale blue and green, lightly rubbed top and base of spine, top corners rubbed and bottom corners bumped, both front and back hinges cracked and reinforced with tape, decorated endpapers, pencil shorthand annotation reverse of title page, light foxing to prelims and back endpaper and a couple of margins, one or two grubby marks in margins, one plate becoming loose) 12mo 376pp plus 14pp publisher's adverts. Sixth thousand. Deerfoot Series. B/w frontispiece with tissue guard (same illustration as front board) and 3 b/w plates by A.R.W.

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Bookseller: lobstabooks (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 36408
Title: THE LAST WAR TRAIL
Author: Edward S Ellis:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell and Company London 1893
Bookseller catalogs: Antiquarian;

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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