GOOD CONDITION
This sale is for a LATE VICTORIAN hardback edition entitled “A Fight for Freedom ,” subtitled “A Story of the Land of the Tsar ,” by Gordon Stables , M.D., C.M., with illustrations by C. Whymper, including a frontispiece (the illustrations include two with wolves and another with a polar bear.
It was published by James Nisbet & Co., Limited, of London, in 1900 (the first edition was 1897) bound in a period Art Nouveau style decorative hardback cover.
Dr. [William] Gordon Stables (1840-1910) wrote more than a hundred boys' adventure books, as well as on animal welfare and other topics.
The book measures 8 inches x 5.5 inches x 1.5 inches and has 328 pages (+ illustrations), which are gilt edged to all rims.
The book is in good, neat condition for its age, with wear/bumps and is a little grubby to the original period Art Nouveau style decorative cloth hardback cover. The binding is good, save the blank page at the front has been removed, with no loose or other missing pages. There is no dust-jacket. There are no ink or pencil writing/markings in the book.
A good reading copy of this wonderfully illustrated late VICTORIAN edition.
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