PERCIVAL KEENE ( The "King's Own Edition )
by Marryat, Captain
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons Limited, 1906. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Wheeler, E. J. Illustrated Edition of Captain Marryat's classic Seafaring adventure. Monochrome Illustrations by E. J. Wheeler, Lemerciergravures, Printed in Paris. Frontispiece shows a wounded young officer on deck in the aftermath of a battle. Blue cloth cover with Gilt lettering to front & spine. 359 Pages, 460g, 7 3/4" Tall. Front hinge cracked and reinforced with white hinge tape.Previous owner's name and old penciled price on ffep. Plastic wrapper fixed to cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009547
- Title
- PERCIVAL KEENE ( The "King's Own Edition )
- Author
- Marryat, Captain
- Illustrator
- Wheeler, E. J
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- FICTION/CLASSICS/CAPTAIN MARRYAT/MILITARY & WAR/HISTORICAL
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
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