A DOG WITH A BAD NAME
by Talbot Baines Reed
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
A$38.66A$30.93
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About This Item
London- UK: The Office of The Boys' Own Paper A DOG WITH A BAD NAME- Talbot Baines Reed- Illustrated Frontis- The Office of 'The Boys Own Paper'- London-ND-1st Thus- [1913]- Hardcover:-8vo- Original publisher's red cloth with blindstamped title on cover and gilt on spine- B&W illustrated frontis- VG/no dj- 312pp with some foxing especially on page edges, not affecting text-boards slightly curved but solid- Christmas 1914 gift dedication on ffep, otherwise no writing or tears-SEE PHOTOS- "A novel of the boys of Bolsover College, an English public school.-The hero of the story tries to atone for an evil deed he has committed. Eventually he becomes a private librarian to a country gentleman, and at the conclusion, is appointed to the control ........."- This book easily ranks as one of the 25 best I've ever read in my 30 odd years of selling books- Somewhat scarce, especially in this edition- Fiction-juvenile-illustrated frontis (3425) . Later Printing. Cloth. VG/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated Frontis. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3425
- Title
- A DOG WITH A BAD NAME
- Author
- Talbot Baines Reed
- Illustrator
- Illustrated Frontis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- The Office of The Boys' Own Paper
- Place of Publication
- London- UK
- Keywords
- Fiction-juvenile-illustrated Frontis
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
Glossary
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...