Sword and Gown

Ex-library, Riwaka Library (a small 19th century provincial New Zealand library, Riwaka is situated 5km from Motueka, in the upper part of New Zealand's South Island.) Rebound in 19th Century half-leather library binding. Remnants of paper library label on spine. A 2 1/2" split to leather at lower end of rear joint. Joints rubbed. 3/8" chips to leather at corners of boards.; [ii], 311, [1] pages + 2 pages advertisements. Lacking the half-title page Half-calf binding. Gilt decoration to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Page dimensions: 182 x 120mm. A novel. "Here another champion of muscularity, 'the Cool Captain,' wins the heart of a society beauty and then divulges that he has a wife living." - Baker, "Guide to the Best Fiction" (1932). ; Ex-Library; 8vo

Product Info

Publisher: John W. Parker and Son

Year: 1859

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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Country: New Zealand