The Young Midshipman: A Story of the Bombardment of Alexandria
by Henty, G.A
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: A. L. Burt Co.. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 309 pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. There is significant wear to the binding, which cracked in several places along the spine. Covers are rubbed and show spotting/discoloration. Edges are heavily bumped and beginning to fray. Outer edges of the text block are toned. There is occasional light spotting/foxing to some pages. Page181-182 is chipped at the edge, not affecting the text. The text is unmarked. Contains illustrations. Publication date circa 1890s.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051697
- Title
- The Young Midshipman: A Story of the Bombardment of Alexandria
- Author
- Henty, G.A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A. L. Burt Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 1.10 lbs
- Keywords
- G. A. Henty; Children Books; Juvenile; Young adult fiction; Action & Adventure; 19th Century Children's Books; Alexandria
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. Buyer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...