He Would Be A Soldier

R. Mounteney Jephson

Published by Richard Bentley and Son. (Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, London, 1883

About this Item

HB 3rd Ed. Red cloth boards. Black titles with black line and flourish border front. Also black and gilt illust soldier climbing pole to retrieve helmet. Gilt titles with black bands + small black and gilt design spine. 18.8 x 13.6cm. 300 pages + 1 page 6/- volumes. + 2pages of Bentleys' Favourtie Novels + 1 page of three serial stories appearing in Temple Bar Magazine. Black end papers. b/w frontis with protective tissue as bound. b/w plates. b/w chapter illusts. Condition: General age/handling discolouration front and back. Wear on spine + corners, boards showing slightly. o/p cracked down seam, but cover holding. 1st free page owner name period ink writint top right corner. Opening and closing pages foxed. Some cracking in seams in few places, however binding holding well. P115 bottom corner tip stain to P125. Otherwise clean, little wear, good colour. Good + condition.

Seller Inventory # 002498

Bibliographic Details

• Title: He Would Be A Soldier
• Publisher: Richard Bentley and Son. (Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, London
• Publication Date: 1883
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: R.Caldecott
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Antique
  • Fiction