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MASTERMAN READY; Or, The Wreck of the Pacific. Written for young people. With illustrations by Fred Pegram and an introduction by David Hannay
by MARRYAT. CAPTAIN FREDERICK. - Pegram. Fred, Illustrates
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- Hardcover
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan and co. London. 1928. Reprint of 1897 edition. 8vo. (7.4 x 4.9 inches). Illustrated with 39 full page line illustrations by Pegram. Tissue guard to the frontis. Creasing to the top outer corner of 20 leaves, otherwise a vary good copy in a fine early leather binding by Riviere and son. Half blue calf. Spine with raised bands, the compartments decorated and lettered in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. School arms and motto stamped in gilt to the front board and a school prize label, from Woodlands School in Deganwy in North Wales, to the front pastedown endpaper. A little rubbing to the extremities but overall a very good and attractive copy.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11012
- Title
- MASTERMAN READY; Or, The Wreck of the Pacific. Written for young people. With illustrations by Fred Pegram and an introduction by David Hannay
- Author
- MARRYAT. CAPTAIN FREDERICK. - Pegram. Fred, Illustrates
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and co. London. 1928
- Date Published
- 1928
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine bindings; Children's and Illustrated books;
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
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- Leaves
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