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Island Nights' Entertainment: Consisting of The Beach of Falesa; The Bottle Imp; The Isle of Voices
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1893. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6 x 8.5 inches (15 x 21 cm). First issue with price corrected by hand to list of works facing half title page. Ads dated 7G-3.93. Blue textured cloth binding. Illustrated in gilt to front board. Spine dulled and browned, with rubbing to ends. Board darkened to edges and have slight wear to corners. Slight lean to binding. Patterned endpapers with previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper: Mathias McDonnell Bodkin, with Bodkin's signature to leading blank, and name stamp to title page. Browning and foxing to frontis tissue guard, a couple of spots of foxing to the colour sketch map. A little foxing to page edges. Clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6 x 8.5 inches (15 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. x, 277, [3] (blank), [16] (ads)
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1225E087
- Title
- Island Nights' Entertainment: Consisting of The Beach of Falesa; The Bottle Imp; The Isle of Voices
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 6 x 8.5 inches (15 x 21 cm)
- Keywords
- , Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
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About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Half Title
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- Cloth
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