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Published by W&R Chambers, Limited, London and Edinburgh
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Pictorial Blue Cloth. Condition: V.g. 302pp, 14 of 15 [lacks frontis.] b/w illustrations. Undated [1893]. Illustrations by W. Boucher, plus several smaller uncredited illustrations in text, one map, original pictorial blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, white, red and gold, endpapers with floral and bird pattern printed in brown. Rubbed and worn to extremities. A good reading copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by W & R CHAMBERS UNDATED
Seller: Border Books, Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. W BOUCHER (illustrator). TANNED FOXED, INSCRIPTION DATED 1923.
Published by W. & R. Chambers, London, 1893
Seller: Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB), Port Colborne, ON, Canada
First Edition
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. - [ 1893 - first illustrated edition ] - 302 pages, 32 page catalogue of books - illustrated with 15 plates by W. Boucher, with maps and additional viginettes - boy's adventure fiction, exploring the North Pole and the discovery of a Lost Race of Norse extraction - very civilized - Sabbath School plate else a vg bright copy in pictorial cloth depicting a Brit. flag at the Pole, gilt brightbut the snow patch at the spine is rubbed else very nice. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by W.& R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1893
Seller: Book Realm, Wanneroo, WA, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First illustrated edition. 15 plates by W. Boucher, 36 page publisher's catalogue at rear. Blue/grey pictorial cloth. Spine and front cover letterin gilt and black, prize label to inside cover, dated October 1894 from Trinity Congregational Church. F.F.E.P. small floral design in black on black. Hinges sound, binding firm, tips bruised. Scarce. Please email seller direct for further details. Prompt postage with free tracking within Australia.
Published by W & R Chambers Limited, London, 1893
Seller: BRITOBOOKS, Isle of man, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Red pictorial cloth boards. No date, but 1893. Illustrated by W Boucher. Book in Very Good overall condition. Edge wear at extremities. Internally very clean. No inscriptions.
Published by W. & R. Chambers, London, 1894
Seller: Neil Shillington: Bookdealer/Booksearch, Hobe sound, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 312 pages.
Published by W.R. Chamers Ltd, Edinburgh, 1894
Seller: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. W.S. Stacey (illustrator). pp.312 plus pages of book suggestions with blurb for books suitable for prizes and presentation. clean tight copy but for former owner name on frontpiece dated 1895, tanning/light foxing to text pages, tanning marks to front and end papers blue covers with gold gilt print and illustration on front cover same on spine, crimping/rubbing/wear to top/bottom spines, bumping to corners and shelfwear/rubbing to lower board near spine some sunning/soiling to covers Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by W. & R. Chambers, London and Edinburgh, 1893
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-302 [303-304: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank] + undated 32-page catalogue of "Books Suitable for Prizes and Presentation" inserted at rear, fifteen full page illustrations by W. Boucher, plus several smaller uncredited illustrations in text, one map, original pictorial blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, white, blue-gray and gold, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in purple. Second (first illustrated) edition. This book was issued with and without an inserted publisher's catalogue; this copy has the catalogue. The text of this edition is somewhat rearranged and is condensed by about 2000 words (see Locke for details). Lost race novel in which the descendants of a Norse expedition many centuries before are found in a volcano-warmed land near the North Pole. "A stodgy, very solid, information-packed, well-written Victorian boys' book." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1197. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 455. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, p. 646. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 124. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 112. Bleiler (1978), p. 110. Reginald 07964. Prize label dated 1904 affixed to front paste-down, bookplate of collector William Harry Hopkins affixed to front free endpaper. Lower front corner tips lightly bruised, a bright, tight, very good copy. A nice copy of an attractive book. (#90581).