The Dog Crusoe: A Tale of the Western Prairies
by Ballantyne, R. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Rubbed, light cover soil.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Crosby and Nichols. Very Good with no dust jacket; Rubbed, light cover soil.. 1863. Reprint. Hardcover. Blindstamped blue cloth, decorative gilt spine. Black and white Illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard, black and white illustrations. An early American reprint of this story of Dick Varley and his dog Caruso who travel and adventure out west, written by the well-known Scottish author of juvenile fiction. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 381 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39063
- Title
- The Dog Crusoe: A Tale of the Western Prairies
- Author
- Ballantyne, R. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Rubbed, light cover soil.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Crosby and Nichols
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1863
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dog Stories, 1860s Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.