The Life And Adventures Of Valentine Vox The Ventriloquist Cockton, Henry

Cockton, Henry. The life and adventures of Valentine Vox the ventriloquist. London: R. E. King and Co., s.d. [circa 1890]. Hardback, Good. Red cloth with bevelled edges, blind embossed bands and gilt lettering to front and spine. Boards bumped to corners and top/base of spine. Binding strong. Light tanning to endpapers. Simple book label of the explorer Ernest H. Shackleton to front pastedown; Shackleton was born in 1874 and was a voracious reader from childhood. This book was acquired together with another of Shackleton's, with his recognisable square bookplate, and so is presumed to be a genuine artefact of the explorer. Another ownership signature to ffep (Percy F. Young). 511pp. Page edges tanned; top edge of page block in gilt. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.