The three Midshipmen by KINGSTON, W.H.G - 1923

The "Boy's Own Paper" Office, London. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. No date found...c.1900-20. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text unmarked with minimal page-turn soiling marks. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Tearing along back strip cover hinges. Spine edge wear. Binding loosening slightly but still intact. Heavily used but pages still quite legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

London: Collins. VG-. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint edition bound in green and black decoarted cloth. Circa 1906 w ith eight color plates. A VG- copy. Rubs to the book's corners. Dust s oiling to the edges of the upper page block. The spine is darkened and has a faint crease. The pages are tanned and stiff but are not brittl e. The front hinge is cracked at the title page. The sewing is still f irm, but the front cover is slightly wobbly. .

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Stated. 336 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Contains coloured illustrated plates. Prize sticker stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Pages are prominently tanned with foxing throughout. Pages have darkened. Text is unaffected. Plates are clear, with slight tanning. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends causing cloth to fray. Slight fraying to corners. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

Uk: Henry Frowde, 1911. Book. Illus. by Archibald Webb. Good. Hardcover. bown cloth illustrated boards, some shelf wear, some wear to edges and corners, minor scuffing to spine edges, slightly weak front hinges, a very good clean and tight copy. with lovely colour plates, Jack and other new boys experience the last of their days at school then sign on for the navy!.

LONDON: COLLINS. Very Good- tight condition hardback light wear. nd. Color Plates. period inscription dated 1909 .

Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 336 pages. No dust jacket. Red pictorial cloth. Contains colour illustrated frontispiece, with other plates throughout. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed, but text remains legible. Plates are bright. Visible marking to some pages throughout, but text is not affected. Binding is firm. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable corner bumping and some scuffing to edges. Spine is slightly sunned, with visible crushing and noticeable splitting to ends. Mild marking overall. Book has a slight forward lean.

J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1930. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1930. Reprinted. 439 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Stamp to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks and foxing overall.

London, England: Cassell and Company, Ltd.. Very Good. 1909. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition. Full leather binding. The spine ends, spine joints and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have some generalized toning. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. "His first book was The Circassian Chief, a story published in 1844. While still living in Oporto, he wrote The Prime Minister, a historical novel, and Lusitanian Sketches, descriptions of travels in Portugal. Settling in England, he interested himself in the emigration movement, edited The Colonist and The Colonial Magazine and East India Review in 1844, was honorary secretary of a colonisation society, wrote Some Suggestions for a System of General Emigration in 1848, lectured on colonisation in 1849, published a manual for colonists entitled How to Emigrate in 1850, and visited… Read More

London: Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Limited Book. Fair. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Front free endpaper and half-title removed. Front and rear hinges cracked, but holding. Gilt lettering and design to dark red cloth..

Cassell & Company Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 399 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Colour illustrated frontispiece with black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages have medium tanning and light foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Sticker to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to rear board.