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Sandi, the King Maker
by Edgar Wallace
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ward, Lock & Co., c1925. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A copy of this fiction novel by Edgar Wallace, in its original dustwrapper. Undated. Dated from Library Hub c1925. Following the story of "Sanders of the River," one of the favourite heroes of modern fiction. It is a delightful read, written with humorous style, and it conveys England's official attitude towards the native tribes of Africa. Edgar Wallace was a very prolific English writer.With unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original red cloth binding, with titles stamped in black to front board and spine. Externally very smart with minor shelfwear only. Inscribed in pencil by previous owner to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is unclipped. Pricing 1/- net to spine. Slight shelfwear and minor shipping to head and tail of spine. Rear wrap is disattached to spine. Minor faint spotting internal to wraps not affecting cover. Wraps are slightly sunned, particularly to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Minor spotting to edges, not affecting pages that remain bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 756A8
- Title
- Sandi, the King Maker
- Author
- Edgar Wallace
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1925
- Size
- 7" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- fiction modern wallace modern
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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