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    By Henry Kingsley
    London   Macmillan and Co., Limited
    7.5" by 5" 368pp.
    An illustrated new edition of Kingsley's Tales of Old Travel, re-narrated.
    By Henry Kingsley

    1882 Tales of Old Travel

    London   Macmillan and Co., Limited
    7.5" by 5" 368pp.
    An illustrated new edition of Kingsley's Tales of Old Travel, re-narrated.
    £35.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 897T54
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    Illustrated, Leather Binding

    New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates, lacking the plate facing page 44. A collection of re-narrated stories of travelers from olden times, including Marco Polo, Peter Carder, Miles Philips, John Fox, and Alvaro Nunez. Written by, Henry Kingsley, an English novelist, and the brother of Charles Kingsley. Bound by Bickers & Son, Leicester Square, London.

    Condition

    Spine rebacked onto full brown calf. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and rear board. The odd small mark to the boards. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. School prize bookplate and previous owner's bookplate to the front endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription dated 1948 to the front endpaper. Join at the reverse of the half title reinforced with tape.

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