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The Master of Ballantrae
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- Seller
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Thomaston, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Mt. Vernon, New York: Printed for Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1965. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Lynd WARD, illustrator. G.B. STERN, introduction. SIGNED Limited Edition: 773/1500. 4to; xix, 303 [1]; black watch tartan cloth with gilt bordered spine label; 16 full-page two-color lithographic plates; signed by the illustrator with colophon on the rear fly leaf; navy paper over board slipcase; light scuffing to slipcase; fine in near fine slipcase. Lynn Ward was an American illustrator and author known for his wood engravings.
Synopsis
The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is a book by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, focusing upon the conflict between two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 887
- Title
- The Master of Ballantrae
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Illustrator
- Lynd WARD, illustrator. G.B. STERN, introduction
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Members of the Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- Mt. Vernon, New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Fiction, Binding, Signed by Illustrator
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
Thomaston, Maine
About Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
We sell antiquarian, collectible, out-of-print, and rare, books, maps, prints and interesting ephemera by internet and show.
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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...
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- G
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- 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"...
- 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....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
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