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VERY RARE gilded & embossed illustrated hardcover book, sorry no dust-jacket. "Born to Command by Gordon Stables and Other Stories" By Gordon Stables, Austin Clare, S. Whitchurch Sadler. Illustrated by W. H. Overend. This book is undated, but believed to be the First Edition, published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1892. 8vo, 22 cm x 14.5 cm x 3.5 cm, Green cloth-covered bevelled boards, Red cloth-covered spine, Gilt & black embossed lettering & decoration on spine & front cover. 414 pages in total. Weight: 640 Grams. CONTENTS ARE MOSTLY IN GOOD CONDITION!!! However, there is a small hole & tear among text on p. 115/116 of the 3rd story in the book, part of 5 words in total is missing, but text is still decipherable, and should read as follows: p. 115: "go up", p. 116: "passed for curls in those days. Between the windows there were mirrors.door on the other side of the room, Claude had just.". Last page of 2nd story also has a small hole among text, but is legible (word affected is Petworth). There are several cracks between pages throughout, including splits in paper between pastedowns & endpapers at front and back of book. Spine is discoloured, soft & a bit grubby, vertical ridges down its length, split in cloth alongside front cover at tail, bumped, scuffed & frayed either end, gilt & decoration fully visible but worn away in places, gilt a little dull. Cover is a little marked & foxed more so on back, gilt & decoration fully visible but slightly worn away in places, gilt a bit dull, edges bumped & scuffed. Corners are bumped, scuffed & frayed. Page 35/36 of 1st story, p. 9/10, p. 25/26 & p. 29/30 of 3rd story have a tear. Page 71/72 of 1st story has small piece missing from vertical edge. Page 9/10 of 3rd story has a crease, adjacent illustration plate is slightly marked. Edges of pages are sometimes brittle. Some pages have rough-cut edges, and/or folds/creases in corners and/or alongside spine, and/or faint smudges in margins, and/or tiny edge bumps/nicks/tears. Small mark on last pastedown. Age tanning & occasional foxing throughout. FRAGILE BUT VERY RARE SOUGHT AFTER BOOK!!! Three great stories for young people, full of exciting adventures, and with black & white illustrations by W. H. Overend. *"Born to Command - A Tale of the Sea and of Sailors" by Gordon Stables (160 pages): Contents are divided in 3 'books': Book I: At Home in Strathcove (11 chapters), Book II: How Ronald Won His Sword (25 chapters), Book III: In Green Lagoons (13 chapters). *"The Carved Cartoon - A Picture of the Past" by Austin Clare (126 pages): 28 chapters in total, here are the first ten: I: A London Street, Two Hundred Years Ago. II: In Perils in the City. III: A Patron of Art. IV: A Friend in Need. V: The Ebony Necklace and the French Peddling-Woman. VI: Disappointment. VII: From Behind the Partition. VIII: A Nice Little Plot. IX: Violin-Playing in the Birdcage Walk. X: The Shadow of the Plague. *"Slavers and Cruisers - A Tale of the West Coast" by S. Whitchurch Sadler (128 pages): 44 chapters in total, here are the first ten: I: The Inn at Sheerness. II: The Midshipmen's Berth of the "Wasp". III: The Lagoon at Quittah. IV: Saved by a Tornado. V: The First Prize. VI: A Boat-Cruise at Night. VII: Claude Sefton's First Command. VIII: The Shark's Indigestible Dinner. IX: The Midnight Attack. X: A Terrible Judgement. IN STOCK in the UK!!! We post the same day, or if that's not possible, the very next working day. Seller's Ref: 331-A. Seller Inventory # ABE-8655424000
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