Black Ivory, A Tale of Adventure among the Slavers of East Africa
by BALLANTYNE, R. M
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
James Nisbet & Co 1886 (THirteenth Thousand). Octavo, green buckram boards with gilt, red & black illus & gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind-stamped publisher's motif to rear board, black coated eps, frontispiece, illus half-title page, vi + 416pp + 24pp book ads, VG (heavy browning to page edges, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, some soiling to boards, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, illus at page 96 loose & creased, occasional foing)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Black Ivory, A Tale of Adventure among the Slavers of East Africa
- Author
- BALLANTYNE, R. M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co 1886 (THirteenth Thousand)
- Keywords
- african slave trade children's literature historical fiction
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...