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Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1888. William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880) was a prolific author who devoted the last thirty years of his life to adventurous "Boys Books." He is noted as a translator of Jules Verne (although his wife actually did the work). This is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing ("New and Cheaper Edition"] in an evocative binding. Light gray clothstamped with an image of a boy riding (bareback) what appears to be a buffalo. Filled with black and gilt; titling and decorations on the spine as well. Clean text; 298 pages, followed by a 32-page publisher's catalog in the rear. There is no publication date, but per the TCD listing in Copac, Quercus assigns it to circa 1888. Bumped corners, rubbed at the margins, page-ends a bit dusty. Despite these signs of usage, the book presents very well, due to the sharpness of the stamping and its rather "over-the-top" imagery. Later Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
VERNE, Jules. ARCHIPELAGO ON FIRE. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington., 1888.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Description: Early UK edition. Original green cloth with titles and illustrations in black and gilt to the spine and upper board. Illustrated with 50 black and white engravings, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece. A very good copy, the binding firm, the edges lightly rubbed. The contents, with a contemporary pencil gift inscription to the front free endpaper and some spotting to the text block edge, prelims and occasionally to the margins, are otherwise clean throughout. An adventure novel set during the Greek War of Independence. The first printing of the first British edition was published in 1886 Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$352.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 174pp + 1p of publisher's catalogue at front with b/w frontis and 9 other illustrations by Ferat. Translated into English by W.H.G. Kingston. Author's illustrated edition. Early edition - rare to find this JV novel in such good condition. Original red cloth with black illustration on front cover. Black lettering on blue plates with similar on perfect spine. Pears' soap advertisement on back. Professionally rebound using original boards by master book restorer, Stephen Holiday of Oxfordshire. New cream end papers of the period. Tiny loss to top right hand corner of catalogue page. No inscriptions. Clean inside pages. Other scanned images on request.
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$487.64 + shipping
Description: Hardback. 7" x5". Good+/ No dj. 198pp with delightful black & white frontis. & 5 other illustrations by L. Benett. plus 1pp of Publishers catalogue. Red coloured boards with black illustration & black/blue title on front & decorated spine. Pears soap advert on the back board with pale blue & black lettering. No inscriptions, exceptionally clean .
Seller: Wheen O' Books, Selkirk, United Kingdom