Jack Chaloner Or When Every Man Came Forward to do His Duty to the Countr by Edward Fraser - 1911

London: Hutchinson & Co.. Very Good. 1911. Hardcover. Clean green pictorial cloth has gilt title on spine & front cover. All edges gilt. Tissue protected frontispiece. B/W drawing illustrations. Text tight, clean & intact. Story relates to the period 1803-1805. A picturesque adventure to attract and hold the attention of youths. Children; B/W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 380 pages .

Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 1911. 1st. Hardback. Good. Norman Little. First edition hardback with a foreword by Field Marshall Earl Roberts, 1911, with no jacket as issued. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - blue cloth boards, illustrated to front and spine, rubbed to edges with a couple of small nicks to cloth at spine head. Internally clean. Binding overall tight but slightly shaken; no annotation or inscriptions - prize plate to front pastedown with the name of the recipient tippexed out; light tanning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.VG+.Neat,handwritten blue ink familial gift presentation inscrpt+date (1918) with same handwritten ink address,both to the front pastedown.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original green cloth boards with bright,crisp,single-lined blind stamped black ink bordered edge to front board/cover and within it,a multi-coloured blocked illustration [repeated from missing frntis illustration] with both, blocked and embossed bright,crisp gilt lettered foreword mention and title respectively,to front board,slightly dulled spine/backstrip with gilt letters and figure of an armed,uniformed English Soldier (of the Napoleonic Wars era),rear board/cover plain and undecorated.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one small nick/tear at head of spine/backstrip's front gutter fold/crease - no other nicks,tears,splits or fraying present,and fairly clean plain white eps with minor discolouring and inscrptns excepted,both endpaper hinges solid and… Read More

London : Hutchinson, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription. Very good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 379 p., [8] leaves of plates : 8 ill. ; 20cm. Subjects: Great Britain History (1789-1820) ; Fiction. Napoleon, Emperor of the French (1769-1821) ; Juvenile fiction.

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original red cloth bds with bright,crisp,single-lined blind stamped black ink bordered edge to front board/cover and within it,a multi-coloured blocked illustration [repeated from b/w frntis illustration] with both blocked and embossed bright,crisp gilt lettered foreword mention and title respectively,to front board,a sunned, lightly faded spine/backstrip with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters and figure of an armed,uniformed English Soldier (of the Napoleonic Wars era),rear board/cover plain and undecorated.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one small nick/tear at head of spine/ backstrip's front gutter fold/crease - no other nicks,tears,splits or fraying present,and fairly clean plain white eps,both endpaper hinges solid and sound - without any splits,tears or cracking.All edges gilt (a.e.g); contents bright, tight,clean - text body nearly foxing-free,solid and sound -… Read More