Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Copyright page has "Printed 1926 in Great Britain by R. Clay and Sons". 160 pages + colour frontispiece + 12 illustrations (some full page). Multi-coloured papered boards. Purple lettering on front board. Spine is green with black lettering. Dimensions: 8 1/2" by 6 3/8" by 1 5/8". No signatures. Some spots of foxing to a few leaves at rear. Some spotting to top page edges. Dust wrapper has a 3" ragged tear in front panel and a 2" ragged tear in the rear panel. 1" and smaller chips at edges and corners of dustwrapper. 1" chip at head of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper in archival mylar cover. ; 8vo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003364
Title: The Radium Casket
Author: Bourne, Lawrence
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1926
Keywords: Fiction Children's Adventure Literature

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