Paget wal illus (3 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; 352 pages. Notes; No clear date given. Subjects; Mythology, Greek. Mythology, Classical. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition Canadian issue. vi, 384, 32 p. 20 cm. 12 b&w illustrations by Wil Paget. Green pictorial hardcover. Corners bumped. Small tears in spine tail, crease and softening to spine head, small hole in rear hinge. Some foxing, mainly to first and last pages. G.A. Henty was a soldier turned writer of historical adventure. Many of the 122 books he wrote during his lifetime are still in print today, over a century later. "At the Point of the Bayonet" relates the story of the British in 18th-century India.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Canadian edition. 384, 32 p. 20 cm. 1 map and 8 b&w plates by Wal Paget. Pictorial hardcover in green cloth. Corners bumped. Small tears in spine ends. Ink inscription on half title. Cracking at pp. 144-145. George Alfred Henty wrote 122 books over his lifetime and was best known for his historical adventure stories. His talent was discovered while writing home about his own experiences as a soldier in the Crimean War. Illustrator Wal Paget was the younger brother of Sydney Paget, illustrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories for Strand Magazine. Includes a summary flyer. 32 pages of Blackie & Son advertising.…