Across the World for a Wife
by BOOTHBY, Guy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Ward, Lock, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Ward, Lock, 1898. Octavo, 378, 4 (publisher's advertisements) pages plus 7 plates. Gilt-decorated cloth slightly rubbed; rear cover a trifle marked; extremities slightly bumped, frayed and worn; spine a little darkened; endpapers offset; inner hinges split and cracked but sound; contemporary ownership signature; a very good copy. 'Guy Boothby was born in Adelaide in 1867, and after education there and in London, returned and became private secretary to the Mayor of Adelaide... About 1894 he went to live in London, and began his career as a highly successful popular novelist' (Miller and Macartney). He died at the height of his popularity in 1905.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76849
- Title
- Across the World for a Wife
- Author
- BOOTHBY, Guy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Australia;
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...