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The Lost Explorers: A Tale Of The Trackless Desert
by Macdonald, Alexander (1878-1939); Plates By Arthur H. Buckland
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
New York London Glasgow Dublin Bombay: Blackie And Son, 1906. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 378 Pp. + 2 P. Ads At End. Red Cloth Spine And Cover Lettered In Gilt (First Printing), And Stamped In Yellow, Green, And Black. 8 Plates Of Which One Is Bound In Front As A Frontispiece. First Edition, Copyright 1906, No Additional Dates Or Printings Indicated. Ads For Roger The Bold And With Roberts To Kandahar By Brereton, No Marks, Binding Worn With Frays At Corners, Gikltcomplete And Bright, Front Endpaper Lacking And Defect Repaired By Small Tapes Joining The Front Pastedown And The Half Title, Binding Cracked At Pp12/13 And At Rear Endpapers. Macdonald, The Author, An Australian, Wrote Many Stories Of Fictional And Non-Fictional Adventure And Led An Adventurous Life Himself.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 055966
- Title
- The Lost Explorers: A Tale Of The Trackless Desert
- Author
- Macdonald, Alexander (1878-1939); Plates By Arthur H. Buckland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Blackie And Son
- Place of Publication
- New York London Glasgow Dublin Bombay
- Date Published
- 1906
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books 1901-1950; Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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- 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
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- 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...
- Cracked
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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