London: Tinsley Brothers. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Corners lightly bumped and rubbed, slight . shelf wear, front gutter cracked and somewhat shakey in its binding, a few . small closed tears inside, one marginal note in pencil to volume one p13. . ; Brown figured cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. W H Smith . Strand Library blind embossed stamp to front endpaper. Printed by Robson . and Sons, Pancreas Road for Tinsley Brothers, Strand.. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Lib . First Printing; 502 pages; The original two volumes bound as one volume. Kingsley was a war correspondent at Sedan during the Franco-Prussian War and this novel was drawn from his experiences there. .

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Seller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Seller's Inventory #: 12119
Title: Valentin A French Boy's Story of Sedan
Author: Kingsley, Henry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket; Corners lightly bumped and rubbed, slight shelf wear, front gutter cracked and somewhat shakey
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Tinsley Brothers
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1872
Keywords: Ex-Lib
Bookseller catalogs: 19th Century Warfare;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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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