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The Rajah of Dah / by George Manville Fenn ... ; with six illustrations by W.S. Stacey.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR4699.F1844 R35 1891
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fenn, George Manville, 1831-1909.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Youth.
- Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Adventure stories.
- Youth--Conduct of life.
- India.
- Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.
- Voyages and travels.
- Kings and rulers--Juvenile fiction.
- Kings and rulers.
- Uncles--Juvenile fiction.
- Uncles.
- Nature stories.
- Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
- Orphans.
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
- Friendship.
- India--Juvenile fiction.
- Genre:
- Adventure stories.
- Nature stories.
- Publishers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 19th century.
- Publishers' advertisements -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- 19th century.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- McNab, William (inscription) (RBC copy)
- Doig, William (inscription) (RBC copy)
- Niven, W. (label) (RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- 280, 32 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Manufacture:
- Edinburgh : Printed by W. & R. Chambers, Limited.
- Place of Publication:
- London and ; Edinburgh : W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1891.
- Summary:
- An adventure story set on the Malay Penninsula, involving a naturalist and his nephew.
- Notes:
- Ornamental initials; head- and tailpieces.
- Illustrated publisher's catalogue of "books suitable for prizes and presentation", dated November, 1891, on 32 p. at end.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- RBC copy bound in original blue cloth, gilt, illustrated in color with scenes from the book.
- RBC copy has the bookseller's description laid in.
- RBC copy has a ms. inscription, in ink, which reads "to William McNab, from William Doig(?), a New Year's gift", dated 1892, on front free endpaper.
- RBC copy has the label of W. Niven, "bookseller & stationer" of Glasgow, Scotland, on the rear paste-down endpaper.
- OCLC:
- 13286577
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