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THE SAUCIEST BOY IN THE SERVICE
by Gordon Stables
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
A$69.30A$55.44
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London- UK: Ward, Lock & Co, 1910. THE SAUCIEST BOY IN THE SERVICE- Gordon Stables- Illustrated Frontis- Ward, Lock & Co.-London- ND(1910)- Hardcover:-VG+/ no dj- minimal light rubbing, textblock and binding are tight and square-spine is sunned, but titles very legible- Original red cloth with black scrollwork design and titles-color frontis-320pp all clean , no tears no writing, light toning with light foxing- A very fine example-SEE PHOTOS- Fiction-juvenile-sea-navy-series-illustrated (2881) . Later Printing. Illustrated Cloth. VG+/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated Frontis- Color. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2881
- Title
- THE SAUCIEST BOY IN THE SERVICE
- Author
- Gordon Stables
- Illustrator
- Illustrated Frontis- Color
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co
- Place of Publication
- London- UK
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Fiction-juvenile-sea-navy-series-illustrated
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
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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