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Born to Wander: A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures
de Gordon Stables
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd., c1890. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A scarce copy of this illustrated collection of travel adventure stories for children. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of adventure stories of travel and wanderings. With chapters on exploring castles, adventures in the woods, moorland and mountain walks, journeys at sea, unknown lands, and much more. Written by William Gordon Stables, a Scottish-born medical doctor in the Royal Navy and a prolific author of adventure fiction, primarily for boys. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and light fraying to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Very small splits to the cloth at the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with age toning to the endpapers. Small puncture marks to the front endpaper, leaving an impression through pages 1-11. Printing press label to the rear pastedown. Good
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 883T62
- Título
- Born to Wander: A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures
- Autor
- Gordon Stables
- Ilustrador
- Not Stated
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- c1890
- Tamaño
- 7.5" by 5"
- Palabras clave
- Born Wander Nomadic Adventures Wander
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
