The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Murray, London, 1928. 12mo up to 7½" tall. 334 pp. Bound in half burgundy leather over burgundy cloth; elaborate gilt school crest to front board; banded spine with gilt title on green leather panel; top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Prize book award label to pastedown from Connaught House Weymouth dated 1929. Browning to pages and otherwise in lovely condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3422
- Title
- The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
Biblio member since 2016
North Vancouver, British Columbia
About Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
Welcome! BACK LANE BOOKS is home to thousands of carefully selected antiquarian, rare and used books. Visitors are welcome - please phone ahead to make an appointment. I strive to provide accurate descriptions of each listing and I always include my own photographs of the item for sale. Appraisals are also available. Colleen Croft.
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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...
- 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...
- 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....