AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET: A Tale of the Mahratta War
by Henty, G.A
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 376 p. with 12 illustrations by Wal Paget and 32 p. publisher's advertisements. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles and pictorial red, black, and white stamping. Previous owner's ink signature to a prefatory blank leaf, with a period bookseller's label to the front pastedown. A bit of minor wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69999
- Title
- AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET: A Tale of the Mahratta War
- Author
- Henty, G.A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Children's Literature, India, Mahratta War, British East India Company
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...