Catriona. A Sequel to "Kidnapped", Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad..
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Eveleigh Nash and Grayson Limited, [c.1925].. 8vo. (iii)-viii, 400 pp., bound without the half title. Contemporary prize binding from St. Saviour's (now Ardingly) College in tree calf by Morrell, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red and olive labels, the other panels ornately gilt, the college motto in gilt to the upper board and their prize label to the front free endpaper, endpapers and all edges marbled. Some very mild rubbing to the extremities, very good overall.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39361
- Title
- Catriona. A Sequel to "Kidnapped", Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad..
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Eveleigh Nash and Grayson Limited
- Date Published
- [c.1925].
- Keywords
- Literature
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Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...