HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1939 (1973)* Publisher: Howard Baker Press Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Mid-green cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear & some fading to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper (dark green on yellow) showing The K.O. for Tom Merry with the boys looking on. Dark green titles to face and somewhat faded spine. Not price clipped, showing a shelf price of £2.75. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Now in clear protective wrapper. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. Some age to prelims, top & fore-edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: Several monochrome (slate-blue) facsimile front pages & numerous b/w line drawings within text throughout.* Pages: 258 pp. text. i pp. blank page at rear.* Description: Included in this omnibus: Seven complete school stories featuring Tom Merry, Arthur Augustus D?Arcy etc of St. Jim?s, Tom Merry?s Boast, The St Jim?s Surprise Packet, The Snob?s Lesson, The Boy From New Zealand, Manner?s Feud, From Foe To Friend & Gussy?s Big Gamble, plus a series of western-type stories of Cedar Creek, the school in the backwoods of Canada and a series by Owen Conquest, of the School Ship Benbow.* A NEAR VG+ text copy of the 1st/1st thus. with some minor faults in a VG protected dust jacket.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4026
Title: Boys of St. Jim's ("Gem" Facsims.)
Author: Clifford, Martin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG+/VG/VG
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn. Thus,
ISBN 10: 0703000314
ISBN 13: 9780703000316
Publisher: Howard Baker Press Ltd
Place of Publication: London UK. 260
Date Published: 1973-07-10

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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...
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