Description: By Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War by G. A. Henty. 8 b/w plates inc' frontis by Gordon Browne. Green cloth boards, gilt details & black design to spine, gilt details & figure to front, 352pp + 32pp catalogue for Season 1885, brown epps. 19 x 13 x 4 cm. 1885 Portobello Rd., School, prize to Poole W., W. Arthur Poole to ffepp, W. A. Poole, Cowper St School, to verso, red stamped name to H-T, also Feb 1886 school board stamp to title verso. Lacks 1 plate. Some smudges, stains & rubbing to tanned boards, odd bump & scuff to edges, bare bumped corners.Tanned dull spine, some creasing, rubbed edges, top/tail wear, tear at top, hinges cracked & several gathers, torn gutters expose webbing, blinding slack & very loose in places.All pages, & 7 of 8 plates, present & clean i.e. no notes, colouring or scribble, plates at p21 & p197 detached & show wear, lacks last at p291, some smudges & stains, dusty edges. (A9) Please contact me with any questions. Books packed in bubble-bag & padded envelope for posting. Free UK mainland P&P.
Price: 65 GBP
Location: Milton Keynes
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Non-Fiction Subject: Children's & Young Adults
Year Printed: 1884
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Fiction Subject: Novels
Binding: Hardback
Weight: 725g before packing
Illustrator: Gordon Browne
Author: G. A. Henty
Language: English
Publisher: Blackie
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: Illustrated
