The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.B., etc.
by Stanley, Henry Morton [Dorothy Stanley, ed.]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London (Birr), Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second impression of the first edition. Gilt titles and Africa decoration to front and spine on red cloth hardcovers. Some light rubbing/wear to lower corners. Slight soiling to covers, and small remainder of old label to lower spine. Top edge gilt. Ex libris ("Ship's Library. U.S.S. Pennsylvania.") with Ship's Library bookplate neatly inside front cover, and numerous US Naval blindstamps neatly appied throughout. The USS Pennsylvania saw extensive service in the Pacific, including at Pearl Harbour and Midway, before being decommissioned after World War II. A few light pencil or ink lines to bottom edge of text block. Front hinge cracked at endpaper but holding firmly; rear hinge starting. Two small related newspaper clippings near front, with some light tanning to adjacent leaves. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat -- a bright copy. An important biography, and an interesting piece of naval militaria. Plates with tissue-guards, folding map at rear. Bibliography, index. xviii,551p..
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- CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37258br
- Title
- The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.B., etc.
- Author
- Stanley, Henry Morton [Dorothy Stanley, ed.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- history autobiography biography Henry M. Stanley Dr. Livingstone Africa African exploration 19th century military interest militaria USS Pennsylvania Ship's Library World War II Pacific theater Pearl Harbour Midway
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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London (Birr), Ontario
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