The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist
by Henry Cockton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G+/N/a
- Seller
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Milner and Company Red covers with gilt to spine and upper front board, with black flower illustration lower front board and rear board and black rules. 320pp with double coloumns. General modest wear to extrems, more particularly head and foot of spine. Heavy foxing to prelims and dusty page edges. ND but looks c1895. Binding a little strained in places, but overall a solid copy. Ref:093380. First Edition (?). Buckram. G+/N/a. 13x19cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003380
- Title
- The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist
- Author
- Henry Cockton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Edition
- First Edition (?)
- Publisher
- Milner and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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