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THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE
by STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1965. AEG. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark sewn-in. Introduced by G.B. Stern and color lithographs by Lynd Ward. First published in 1889. Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, travel writer. He died in Samoa. 303pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Deep Blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo.
Synopsis
The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is a book by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, focusing upon the conflict between two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014873
- Title
- THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE
- Author
- STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- The Collector's Library of Famous Editio
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- Royal Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Adventure, Fine Binding, Stevenson
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
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