- This is not a valuable book, but is listed because of its attractive cover design and its engraved illustrations - both typical of the Boys' Book genre of the late-19th century
Tan cloth-boards with gilt and black embossed illustrations and lettering to the upper board and spine, plain endpapers, frontispiece, title-page, contents page and list of illustrations; 555 pp of text with 55 full-page and smaller engraved illustrations
- The spine is sunned and rubbed head and foot, the endpapers are sunned and a few text leaves have sunning or foxing spots; but otherwise the copy is sound - complete, square and tightly bound, unmarked except for two ownership names and otherwise undiscoloured
- Binding Condition: Fair to Good
- Overall Condition: Good +
- Size: 190 x 130 x 30; 0.7 kg
- Sold By: Fontein Books
- Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
- Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
