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Off to the Wilds: Being the Adventures of Two Brothers
by George Manville Fenn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Off to the Wilds by George Manville Fenn.
Hardback, circa 1895, published by Sampson Low, Marston & Company London, illustrated.
In very good condition for age. Pictorial and patterned boards. Split to top third of outer front hinge. Gilt lettering to front board and spine. Slight wear and rubbing but colour, design and gilt detail very vivid. Removable protective clear plastic cover. Some signs of shelf-wear. Book has slight forward tilt. Corners bumped and rubbed. Binding firm. Page edges browned but reasonably clean. Small seller stamp to FFEP and bookplate from 1898 for school prizegiving to front pastedown. Slight marking to endpapers but otherwise page surfaces are very clean, only the occasional mark, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-282
- Title
- Off to the Wilds: Being the Adventures of Two Brothers
- Author
- George Manville Fenn
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New and Cheaper Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- Circa 1895
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction, Antiquarian, Children's, Adventure
Terms of Sale
GN Books and Prints
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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...
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