Toronto: A. G. Watson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1887. 1st Canadian. Hardcover. Shelfwear to extremities, corners bumped. Previous owner's notations on FFEP, light foxing to some pages. ; A tight solid book. Reddish brown cloth covered boards with leaf design front and spine, gilt titles on spine ; B&W Illustrations; 431 pages .

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Bookseller: Ainsworth Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 15917
Title: The Fugitives or The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
Author: Ballantyne, R. M
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition: 1st Canadian
Publisher: A. G. Watson
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1887
Keywords: Fiction, madagascar
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction; Fiction / Historical;

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About Ainsworth Books

Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.

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Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.