London: Smith Elder. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards have bumped corners, some spotting front hinge intact, back hinge appears to have been glued, previous owner's name on FFEP ; A tight solid book. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. This is the ; 442 pages; Charles 'Cleg' Kelly was a street urchin whose took as his domain the streets of Edinburgh. His many fine adventures make a great read. .

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Bookseller: Ainsworth Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10144
Title: Cleg Kelly; Arab of the City
Author: Crockett, S. R
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Smith Elder
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1896
Keywords: edinburgh, scotland
Bookseller catalogs: British Fiction;

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Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.

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