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A Jacobite Exile. Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in The Service of Charles XII of Sweden.
by HENTY, G.A.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Blackie & Son, Limited, 1909 New edition. Hardback, approx 7.5 x 5 inches. In deep blue full calf leather fine binding. With gilt panelled boards, raised banding to spine with gilt decorations, and gilt lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In good condition. Spine slightly sunned with some minor rubbing to ends. Else cover clean and smart. Prize bookplate to front endpaper “Hyme’s College, Kingston-upin-Hull 1911.” Some mild light foxing to prelims and a few inside pages. Else a good clean and tight copy. 352pp. With eight illustrations by Paul Hardy and a Map of Central Europe.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93922
- Title
- A Jacobite Exile. Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in The Service of Charles XII of Sweden.
- Author
- HENTY, G.A.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Blackie & Son, Limited, 1909 New edition
- Keywords
- G. A. HENTY G.A. HENTY, A Jacobite Exile. Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in The Service of Charles XII of Sweden leather, fine binding calf leather prize
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Edges
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- Sunned
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- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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