Lot 173
Ballantyne (R.M.) The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean, first edition, first issue, 1857.
Estimate: £600 - 800
Description
Ballantyne (R.M.) The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean, first edition, first issue with View From the Hill Top frontispiece, colour printed wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 5 plates only (of 6), by the author, tissue guards, 1 plate loose, occasional corner creasing, ink gift inscription to endpaper, portion removed from rear endpaper, original blue gilt pictorial cloth, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, [Quayle 12a], 8vo, London, Edinburgh and New York, T. Nelson and Sons, 1858 [but 1857].
Description
Ballantyne (R.M.) The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean, first edition, first issue with View From the Hill Top frontispiece, colour printed wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 5 plates only (of 6), by the author, tissue guards, 1 plate loose, occasional corner creasing, ink gift inscription to endpaper, portion removed from rear endpaper, original blue gilt pictorial cloth, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, [Quayle 12a], 8vo, London, Edinburgh and New York, T. Nelson and Sons, 1858 [but 1857].
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