{"product_id":"pharos-the-egyptian-guy-boothby-1st-edition","title":"Pharos the Egyptian, Guy Boothby — 1st Edition","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"15\" data-end=\"611\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery Good\u003c\/strong\u003e: Publisher’s original binding shows light wear with bumping to corner tips and at the head and foot of the spine. Faint surface scratches present across the boards, though overall clean, with gilt decorative elements remaining bright and vibrant. Binding tight and square. Sticker residue to the front pastedown; front endpapers browned from a long-removed insert. Frontispiece clean and well preserved beneath the original tissue guard, fully intact. Internally, pages remain bright, clean, and fresh, with illustrations unblemished throughout. A sound and attractive copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"628\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"628\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"903\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst edition, Ward, Lock \u0026amp; Co., London, 1899, in original decorated publisher’s cloth. Illustrated by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eJohn H. Bacon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, whose atmospheric plates significantly enhance the visual and collector appeal of this fin-de-siècle edition. Early Boothby first editions with complete illustrations and strong gilt decoration remain increasingly desirable to collectors of late Victorian adventure fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"1112\"\u003eAn atmospheric late-Victorian tale blending adventure, mystery, and elements of the supernatural, reflecting contemporary fascination with Egyptology and exotic intrigue at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53268612579667,"sku":"3267-SD-F-VG-1","price":285.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_ac2e4ba6-9fc1-426c-8f2f-0472dab792be.jpg?v=1774971395","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/pharos-the-egyptian-guy-boothby-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}