Cape Town Dicky or Colonel Jack's Boy

Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner, London, 1888

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8vo; 64 pages; Pictorial boards with brown cloth spine. Former owners name on ffep and top of titlepage, scattered foxing, upper corner of ffep torn; binding quite worn, cloth torn and spine ends, edges of boards worn, panels scratche and rubbed. Wonderful engraved vignettes within the text by Alice (Mary) Havers and 16 beautiful full page chromolithographs by Ernest Wilson. OCLC 560742658 Written by Dorothy Henrietta Havers Boulger (1846 — 1923) was an English writer and novelist, who published under the name Theo Gift. Sorothy and her siblings grew up in The Falklands where their father was a manager for the Falkland Islands Company until 1860, when he transferred to Montevideo, Uruguay. When father died in 1870, the siblings returned to England with their stepmother. Dorothy began writing for magazine in 1871 and published her first novel in 1874. Her sister Alice Havers illustrated this and some of her other works. This book recounts young Dicky's return to England from South Africa, and reflects the racism and other prejudices of the colonial era.…

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Title
Cape Town Dicky or Colonel Jack's Boy
Author
Gift, Theo ; [Dorothy Henrietta Havers Boulger] ; Alice Havers ; Ernest Wilson
Publisher
Hildesheimer & Faulkner, London
Publication year
1888
Condition
Very Good-
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.
Seller catalogs
19th Century, Childrens and Juvenile, Illustrated Books

Antiquarian Bookshop

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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. - we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books for nearly 30 years. Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 6,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. About a third of our books are published prior to 1900; the rest of our stock comprises collectible, interesting and scholarly books. We have added images of many of the items listed to better convey their quality and condition. If you'd like to see an image of any particular item that is not yet illustrated, please contact us. We can provide professional appraisals and are interested in buying significant collections of books. Contact us for details of fee structure for appraisals. Thank you for considering our offerings.…

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