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THE YOUNG FUR TRADERS - R M Ballantyne - ILLUSTRATED 1901
THE YOUNG FUR TRADERS - R M Ballantyne - ILLUSTRATED 1901
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THE YOUNG FUR TRADERS
By R.M. Ballantyne
Published by J Nisbet & Co, London, 1901. Hardback book with decorative cloth, Gilt to all page edges, pp xi, 367, [3]. Illustrated with b&w plates.
CONDITION
A good solid copy in good condition. The cloth binding remains in good clean condition and the gilt title bright and clear, All contents present. Pages good throughout with light age-toning to the margins. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Overall a good vintage copy of Ballantyne's second book.
Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.
In 1847 Ballantyne returned to Scotland to discover that his father had died. He published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America, and for some time was employed by the publishers Messrs Constable. In 1856 he gave up business to focus on his literary career, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.
The Young Fur-Traders (1856), The Coral Island (1857), The World of Ice (1859), Ungava: a Tale of Eskimo Land (1857), The Dog Crusoe (1860), The Lighthouse (1865), Fighting the Whales (1866), Deep Down (1868), The Pirate City (1874), Erling the Bold (1869), The Settler and the Savage (1877), and more than 100 other books followed in regular succession, his rule being to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described. The Gorilla Hunters. A tale of the wilds of Africa (1861) shares three characters with The Coral Island: Jack Martin, Ralph Rover and Peterkin Gay. Here Ballantyne relied factually on Paul du Chaillu's Exploration in Equatorial Guinea, which had appeared early in the same year.
By R.M. Ballantyne
Published by J Nisbet & Co, London, 1901. Hardback book with decorative cloth, Gilt to all page edges, pp xi, 367, [3]. Illustrated with b&w plates.
CONDITION
A good solid copy in good condition. The cloth binding remains in good clean condition and the gilt title bright and clear, All contents present. Pages good throughout with light age-toning to the margins. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Overall a good vintage copy of Ballantyne's second book.
Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.
In 1847 Ballantyne returned to Scotland to discover that his father had died. He published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America, and for some time was employed by the publishers Messrs Constable. In 1856 he gave up business to focus on his literary career, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.
The Young Fur-Traders (1856), The Coral Island (1857), The World of Ice (1859), Ungava: a Tale of Eskimo Land (1857), The Dog Crusoe (1860), The Lighthouse (1865), Fighting the Whales (1866), Deep Down (1868), The Pirate City (1874), Erling the Bold (1869), The Settler and the Savage (1877), and more than 100 other books followed in regular succession, his rule being to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described. The Gorilla Hunters. A tale of the wilds of Africa (1861) shares three characters with The Coral Island: Jack Martin, Ralph Rover and Peterkin Gay. Here Ballantyne relied factually on Paul du Chaillu's Exploration in Equatorial Guinea, which had appeared early in the same year.
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