London: J S Virtue & Co., 1898. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Dark red leather with titles in gilt within black label on spine. Five raised bands to spine and gold decoration within the compartments and around the edges of the covers. Marbled endpapers and marbling to textblock edges. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers and rubbing to edges of spine. Rear cover has a faint waterstain, not affecting book in any way. Binding sound, text clean. School prize label (Amersham Grammar School) fixed to front pastedown. Previous owners name on half-title. 248pp. Eight b/w plates including frontispiece portrait of General Gordon. .

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Bookseller: Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003278
Title: In Africa with the Union Jack
Author: Pimblett, W
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: J S Virtue & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1898
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Keywords: general gordon
Bookseller catalogs: Travel and Exploration;

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Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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...
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...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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....