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Frank H. Converse, Flowered ENDPAPERS, Previous Owner's Names & Date (1899) in Ink on Blank Flyleaf Etc .Glossy B/W Frontispiece the Tin Trunk Was Dropped Over the Side of 2 Boys on Sailboat in Water Protected By Tissue Guard. , Full Page Illustratio : The Lost Gold Mine, Adventure Series

Penn Publishing, Phila, 1896

Full page illustrations in b&w. There are at least five full page illus in b&w, Inner Hinges Starting Slightly, HARDBACK NODustJacket, 1896, 1st Edition, Dates match on Title & copyright pg, Book Condition: VG-. NOJACKET, AS-IS, Protected by Clear Mylar Cover, 12mo, same date TP & verso, VG- cond. hardcover now in archival Brodart, NO DJ. Lovely Red cloth over boards w/ bright Gold Gilt decorations & lettering on cover & spine. Light to Moderate dampstaining to parts of exterior Cvr, no warping, no bubbling, no separation, no penetration. Binding tender in a few places but holding very well. Pages slightly stiff w/ age. 354 pgs + 12 pg publ advts end with Odds Against Him . Book is square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG- cond. The front cover has a 2-1/2" dia floral dec in bright gilt, w/ a 3" strip mid-spine repeating the motif, also in bright gilt. The dampstaining & fading is as described, w/ the worst being the lower 2-1/2" of the front gutter area, wrapping approx 1-1/2" around fr mid-spine into front cover. The irregular shaped stain is somewhat darkened around the edges & whitish within. The fore-edge of the front cover is lightly faded & spotted, & there's a thumb- or finger-size pale spot high on the fore-edge of the back cover, Interior Relatively Clean light Rub, Wear, Light Stains Bottom Cvr Spine & front edge Cvr,. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket

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