James Nisbet and Co London undated c1900/1905 G (no dj, red pictorial cloth with flying geese in white/black on front board against gilt sun over sea, white ship on front board and gilt title panel, one small split to cloth only at tail of spine, bottom corners rubbed, back board lightly soiled at top, torn prize plate with pencil scribble front fixed endpaper and pencil scribble back fixed endpaper,browning prelims and last 2 pages, few grubby marks title page, textblock binding firm and pages clean with occasional blotches/smudges) 12mo 408pp plus 8pp publisher's list. No date of publication but incomplete date on prize plate is 190---. B/w frontis and 7 b/w plates.

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Bookseller: lobstabooks (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 40643
Title: THE WILD MAN OF THE WEST
Author: R M Ballantyne:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: James Nisbet and Co London undated c1900/1905
Bookseller catalogs: Childrens;

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Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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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....
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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...
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