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The Brotherhood of the Coast
by David Lawson Johnstone
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Brotherhood of the Coast by David Lawson Johnstone with Twenty-One Illustrations by W. Boucher.
Hardback, 1895, first edition, published by W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London and Edinburgh, 411 pages with 32-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 5/8" by 5 5/8" by 1 3/4". No dust jacket. Red cloth binding with pictorial detail to front board and spine, black and red lettering with a little gilt lettering to spine, black and yellow detail, black emblem to rear board. Some marking and scuffing to binding, main red colouring still vivid, though some scuffing and fading to the pictorial detail and lettering. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and a little on hinges, bumped corners. Book has slight forward tilt. Slackness to binding, cracking to inner hinges and some strain to textblock throughout, though intact and pages all present. Page edge groupings a little uneven, edges browned, scuffed and a bit marked. Some marking to endpapers, school prize-giving bookplate dating from 1898 on front free pastedown. Some marking and thumbing to page surfaces throughout but otherwise clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. A scarce copy. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-093
- Title
- The Brotherhood of the Coast
- Author
- David Lawson Johnstone
- Illustrator
- W. Boucher
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. & R. Chambers, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London and Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1895
- Pages
- 411 with 32-page publisher catalogue at rear
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- David Lawson Johnstone; W. Boucher; Adventure; Spain; Carlist Wars
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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.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Edges
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