Taber I W Illustrations (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The World's Best Reading series. First edition thus. Includes the four-page information booklet. Fine in a gilt-stamped light green cloth with dark green shelf back. An attractive gift copy of this illustrated adventure novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A SECOND IMPRESSION PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER OF 1897 WITH THE FIRST IMPRESSION BEING PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER OF THE SAME YEAR. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL GILT DECORATED CLOTH BINDING, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY I. W. TABER. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 8 + 245 PAGES. LIGHT RUBBING TO GILT DECORATION ON SPINE, SOME MINOR WRINKLES TO CLOTH ON SPINE & EDGE OF FRONT BOARD, SMALL NICK TO CLOTH AT BOTTOM OF SPINE, CORNERS LIGHTLY BUMPED, OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES WITH FOXING. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY WITH NO MAJOR FAULTS. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.…

First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); royal blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; all edges gilt; 245pp, [1], [2] ads. Previous owner's name and date opposite half-title; edges lightly rubbed, gilt has dulled, bit of sunning to spine, with a tiny patch of sticker-pull at front pastedown, 2 small glue spots on rear endpaper and a 2" crack at lower rear hinge; Very Good. One of the great 19th century adventure stories, basis for Victor Fleming's Oscar-winning adaptation in 1937, starring Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, and Freddie Bartholomew.…