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FRASER**, EDWARD: : JACK CHALONER OR WHEN EVERY MAN CAME FORWARD TO DO HIS DUTY TO THE COUNTRY.**

LONDON.HUTCHINSON & CO.1911.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.VG+. Neat,handwritten blue ink familial gift presentation inscrpt+date (1918) with same handwritten ink address,both to the front pastedown.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original green cloth boards with bright,crisp,single-lined blind stamped black ink bordered edge to front board/cover and within it,a multi-coloured blocked illustration [repeated from missing frntis illustration] with both,blocked and embossed bright,crisp gilt lettered foreword mention and title respectively,to front board,slightly dulled spine/backstrip with gilt letters and figure of an armed,uniformed English Soldier (of the Napoleonic Wars era),rear board/cover plain and undecorated. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one small nick/tear at head of spine/backstrip's front gutter fold/crease - no other nicks,tears,splits or fraying present,and fairly clean plain white eps with minor discolouring and inscrptns excepted,both endpaper hinges solid and sound - without any splits,tears or cracking.All edges gilt (a.e.g); contents bright,tight,clean - text body nearly foxing-free,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,though a production(?) fault of lower corner folded crease to pp331/2 and accidental,top cornered tiny creases to penultimate b/w illus facing pp370 through pp371-74,else appears unread - apart from my own collation.Any discolouring or other imperfections commensurate with book's age and therefore some minimal foxing/spotting present.UK, 8vo HB,1st edn,v-viiipp+9-379pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Field-Marshal Eark Roberts,V.C.,contents list/ table, XXIX (29) chapters,7 of 8 b/w illustrations by Norman Little interspersed throughout the text and the book - frntis missing but others all called for and present,plus [unpaginated] half title,an aged/browned tissue guard with corner crease to lower lead corner for the missing b/w illus frntis,title page with epigram to its reverse, contents list/table,and to the rear,4pp publisher's catalogue.Boy's stirring,action- packed naval Napoleonic Wars adventure story.The particular period of the story is between 1803-1805,when invasion of British shores by Napoleon's privateers was a very real menace.Most of the fictionalised incidents are based on recorded facts and happenings. Another uncommonly presentable item,this example has survived exceptionally well, particularly in respect to the book,and unusually,without the usual major discolouration and other imperfections usually encountered or expected in a children's book of this age. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page.

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

FRASER**, EDWARD: : JACK CHALONER OR WHEN EVERY MAN CAME FORWARD TO DO HIS DUTY TO THE COUNTRY.**

LONDON.HUTCHINSON & CO.1911.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.VG+. No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original red cloth bds with bright,crisp,single-lined blind stamped black ink bordered edge to front board/cover and within it,a multi-coloured blocked illustration [repeated from b/w frntis illustration] with both blocked and embossed bright,crisp gilt lettered foreword mention and title respectively,to front board,a sunned, lightly faded spine/backstrip with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters and figure of an armed,uniformed English Soldier (of the Napoleonic Wars era),rear board/cover plain and undecorated.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one small nick/tear at head of spine/ backstrip's front gutter fold/crease - no other nicks,tears,splits or fraying present,and fairly clean plain white eps, both endpaper hinges solid and sound - without any splits,tears or cracking.All edges gilt (a.e.g); contents bright,tight, clean - text body nearly foxing-free,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Any discolouring or other imperfections commensurate with book's age and therefore some sporadic but minimal foxing/spotting present.UK,8vo HB,1st edn,v-viiipp+9-379pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts,V.C.,contents list/ table, XXIX (29) chapters, 8 b/w illustrations by Norman Little interspersed throughout the text and the book all called for and present,plus [unpaginated] half title,b/w illus frntis, title page with epigram to its reverse, contents list/table,and to the rear,4pp publisher's catalogue. Boy's stirring,action-packed naval Napoleonic Wars adventure story.The particular period of the story is between 1803-1805,when invasion of British shores by Napoleon's privateers was a very real menace.Most of the fictionalised incidents are based on recorded facts and happenings. Another uncommonly presentable item,this example has survived exceptionally well, particularly in respect to the book,and unusually,without the usual major discolouration and other imperfections usually encountered or to be expected in a children's book of this age. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page.

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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