The Young Berringtons or the Boy Explorers
by KINGSTON, W.H.G
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Co. 2nd Edition . Good/No Jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt title to front board and spine, floral decoration in blue and black. 152 pp plus 4pp publishers' list. B&w frontispiece shows aborigine hunters ambushing a horse. Ripping yarn set in the Australian bush. No date but neat ink (crossed out ) name is dated 1884, followed by an inscription dated 1891, as the book was evidently passed on to another family member. Many b&w illustrations, as well as chapter headers. Victorian attitudes to the indigenous population. Tissue guard to frontispiece foxed; very occasional very light foxing to a few pages; spine gilt faded and ends of spine bumped and worn. A good tight copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ripping Yarns (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70015
- Title
- The Young Berringtons or the Boy Explorers
- Author
- KINGSTON, W.H.G
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- RIPPING YARNS, ABORIGINAL, RACISM, NATIVE AUSTRALIAN
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Ripping Yarns
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