The Lion of St Mark; A Tale of Venice
by G A Henty
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$26.18NZ$20.95
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin: Blackie & Son, 1889 Book. Illus. by Gordon Browne. Fair. Decorated Brown Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Adventures of an English boy set against the background of Venice's 14th Century struggle against the coalition of Hungary, Padua and Genoa, drawn from Hazlitt's 'History of the Republic of Venice'. One of Blackie's series of books for young people. 384pp illustrated with 10 black and white drawings. Gilt drawings and lettering to top board and spine. Edges tinted. Forward lean to spine, bumping and rubbing to spine and corners (heavy rubbing to lower front corner), hinges pulling and webbing showing, otherwise fair reading copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014532
- Title
- The Lion of St Mark; A Tale of Venice
- Author
- G A Henty
- Illustrator
- Gordon Browne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition.
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Collectable Books; Collectable Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...