Very rare copy of this popular boys' story. Undated, but school prize plate dated 1893 (8 years after 1st publication). Pictorial cloth boards with gilt title band to front board. Pictorial design to spine. Floral design to pastedowns. Frontispiece. 392pp + several pages of ads. CONDITION: boards worn and grubby (particularly back and spine). Dusting to edges. School gift plate to front pastedown, with corresponding making on ffep. Light tanning and foxing to prelims. Occasional age marks internally but text block mostly clean. Seller Inventory # 5360

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Title: The Boys' Watchword or Syd and His Brothers

Publisher: John F. Shaw and Co., Paternoster Row, London

Publication Date: 1893

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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The Real Book Shop is an online bookshop, based on Portland, Dorset. We specialise in weird fiction (fantasy, horror and science fiction), and we also have many classic fiction and military books on this site. We have many antiquarian books as well.

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The Real Book Shop
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Having owned two high-street bookshops, we have over ten years' experience of selling new, used, collectible and antiquarian books. We are now devoting all our time to making your online book-buying experience as pleasant as possible. We offer a personal service to all our customers, so feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

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