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Steady Your Helm or Stowed Away

£35.00

Product description

A handsomely bound copy of this sea-going adventure story, undated but dedication dated 1892, prize plate 1906.

Red cloth, embossed titles and illus to front, gilt decorative spine. Edgeworn, small mark to back. Aeg. Inner hinges split but binding secure. Prize plate front pastedown, owner name blind-stamped title page. Endpapers, title page and page edges browned, otherwise internally unmarked. 413 pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue to rear; 6 b&w plates.

Item details

Author(s):
Metcalfe, William Chas.
Condition:
Used: good
Dimensions:
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Edition:
Not specified
Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
James Nisbet & Co.
Title:
Steady Your Helm or Stowed Away

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A handsomely bound copy of this sea-going adventure story, undated but dedication dated 1892, prize plate 1906.

Red cloth, embossed titles and illus to front, gilt decorative spine. Edgeworn, small mark to back. Aeg. Inner hinges split but binding secure. Prize plate front pastedown, owner name blind-stamped title page. Endpapers, title page and page edges browned, otherwise internally unmarked. 413 pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue to rear; 6 b&w plates.

Author(s):
Metcalfe, William Chas.
Condition:
Used: good
Dimensions:
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Edition:
Not specified
Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
James Nisbet & Co.
Title:
Steady Your Helm or Stowed Away

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This item will be dispatched to UK addresses via second class post within 2 working days of receipt of your order. Standard UK delivery is Standard UK delivery is £3.95 per order, so you're only charged once no matter how many items you have in your basket. Any additional courier charges will be applied at checkout as they vary depending on delivery address.

This item will be dispatched to UK addresses via second class post within 2 working days of receipt of your order. Standard UK delivery is currently free no matter how many items you have in your basket. Any additional courier charges will be applied at checkout as they vary depending on delivery address.

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