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The Story of Pigou, A Malay Boy
by William Gardiner
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
London: D Mackay, 1822. First edition. Hardcover. Good. This is a supposedly true story of a Malay boy, rescued by an East India ship from the coast of Melaka. While a cabin boy on the ship, he saved the officers in a mutiny and was taken to London, where he was welcomed into a wealthy merchant's home and lived a wealth, 'virtues and charity' thereafter. The book was written for the edification of 'young persons.' Good Hardback First edition 143 pages. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover is a bit battered, but firmly attached, and the spine worn with the gilt tiling barely discernible. There is a tear at the bottom of the spine and a half inch loss from the top. There is a previous owner's name plate on the inside front cover. A front end paper, the frontispiece and title page are detached. The remainder of the binding is tight and there is occasional very mild spotting on a few of the pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf
(MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ML4265
- Title
- The Story of Pigou, A Malay Boy
- Author
- William Gardiner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- D Mackay
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Keywords
- Malaysia - Malaya - Melaka - Malacca - 19th Century English Language Juvenile Fiction
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About the Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang
About The Penang Bookshelf
The Penang Bookshelf was set up in mid 2010 principally to introduce Malaysian residents to the variety of books there is available about the country both past and present. We only stock fiction and non-fiction related to Malaysia and the rest of Asia. Much of our current stock of over a thousand different titles is not available in Malaysia. Conversely much of our stock published in Malaysia is difficult to find outside the country. So if there\'s something Malaysia related that you\'re looking for, do please contact us and we\'ll do our best to help. At present details of most of our stock is not on line; we hope it will be eventually!
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- Spine
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- Remainder
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- First Edition
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
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