PAUL TRAVERS' ADVENTURES
by Clover, Sam T
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oneonta, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Way & Williams, 1897. This antique hardcover novel is bound in blue-gray cloth with black cover lettering and a black and yellow cover illustation by Bert Cassidy depicting Paul Travers lost at sea on a raft, signalling to a far-off ship by waving his shirt. The rear cover has a yellow and black picture of a tiger; both covers have narrow yellow and black borders. Spine lettering is black. There is edgewear and soil to the covers, front hinge starting, faded spine, some spine wear. Signatures slightly loose in spots, but all holding well. All 12 of Bert Cassidy's indexed full-page black-and-white plates are present. The book is a fictionalized account of the author's adventures as a young newsboy traveling through the Old West, the South Pacific and beyond. 368 pages; approx. 5"x8".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cassidy, Bert.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Popeks Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106319
- Title
- PAUL TRAVERS' ADVENTURES
- Author
- Clover, Sam T
- Illustrator
- Cassidy, Bert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Way & Williams
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Fiction Western Antiquarian Reporter Paul Travers Illustrated Adventure
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About the Seller
Popeks Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2003
Oneonta, New York
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Hinge
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- Cloth
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