London, Chatto & Windus, 1893 (new ed.).. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Red pictorial cloth lettered in black & white on front cover and in gold on spine. The front cover shows a man standing over a body, and threatening a tiger with a whip. Beveled boards. All edges gilt. Floral endpapers. In very good condition, spine faded, slight lean, partial split to rear edge and small nicks to ends. A couple of small bubbles to cloth on front. Inner hinges cracked. A couple of minor handling marks, Else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 8 b&w illustrations by Stanley Wood. 332 pp; / Cat.32 pp.(dated Sept.1893). Scarce. The first illustrated, single-volume edition. One of the earliest issues, with catalogue dated Sept. 1893. See Newbold 56.3. Plate 19.

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Bookseller: The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 79096
Title: Rujub, The Juggler.
Author: HENTY, G. A.:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus, 1893 (new ed.).
Keywords: G. A. HENTY G. A. Henty, Rujub, The Juggler, Chatto & Windus, 1893 (new ed.), red cloth, pictorial, decorative, illustrated, Scarce

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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.

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Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...