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Prester John
by BUCHAN, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Grange over Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
BUCHAN, John
Prester John
Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1910, (assumed 1st), hardback, Gd+, green cloth, front cover has red / gilt decoration and full colour paste down picture, decorative spine in gilt, blue and red design. 376 pp, seven full colour plates and a b/w frontis. plate. Inscription on front end paper dated 1914, book plate. No other inscriptions. Page edges tanned. Corners and spine ends rubbed. Some discolouration on back board. Front hinge cracked but binding still sound. ANTIQUARIAN FICTION ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS, FIRST EDITIONS
43588 childs coll £26.50
Synopsis
I mind as if it were yesterday my first sight of the man. Little I knew at the time how big the moment was with destiny, or how often that face seen in the fitful moonlight would haunt my sleep and disturb my waking hours. But I mind yet the cold grue of terror I got from it, a terror which was surely more than the due of a few truant lads breaking the Sabbath with their play.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43588
- Title
- Prester John
- Author
- BUCHAN, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN FICTION ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS, FIRST EDITIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Collectable; FICTION first editions;
Terms of Sale
Daisyroots Books Ltd
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About the Seller
Daisyroots Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Grange over Sands, Cumbria
About Daisyroots Books Ltd
Daisyroots Books can be found on Main Street, right in the heart of the Edwardian seaside town of Grange over Sands. Over 20,000 books in 3 rooms on 2 floors. Antiquarian, collectable and contemporary titles. Open Mon - Sat 9:30 - 4.30 www.daisyrootsbooks.co.uk
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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