Victorian Adventure
by Bostock, Trevor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Tom Stacey, 1972. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Collection of stories demonstrating Victorian England's lust for adventure. Author include George Ruxton, George Sanger, Miss Martineau, James Grant and many more. Include short preface by the editor and short introduction to each storiy.Maroon cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on spine, 224pp. with many B&W illustrations. Clean tight volume with clean, tight pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- High Park Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001367
- Title
- Victorian Adventure
- Author
- Bostock, Trevor
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Tom Stacey
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Victorian England - Adventure Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- UK History;
Terms of Sale
High Park Books
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About the Seller
High Park Books
Biblio member since 2007
Kitchener, Ontario
About High Park Books
We are a small independent bookseller specializing in non-fiction, music, art, poetry, Canadian local history, Mennonite history, Canadian literature, children's literature and books on native issues.
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- 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....
- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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