The Cliff-Climbers / Captain Mayne Reid

Name/Title

The Cliff-Climbers / Captain Mayne Reid

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.20

Description

304 pages, illustrations. A sequel to "The Plant-Hunters." The young plant-hunters, Karl and Casper, their guide, Ossaroo, and dog attempt many schemes to escape the Himalayan valley in which they found themselves trapped.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Plant collectors, Juvenile fiction., 1850s

Dimensions

Height

6-3/4 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Mayne Reid

Publisher

Ticknor & Fields

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1864

Date Printed

1866

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Bound in bright blue cloth with elaborate pictorial gilt stamped spine. Front and rear boards blind stamped in a Reid series uniform binding. Tissue guarded engraved frontis. Yellow endpapers. This series binding was published in the 1850's. Same binding issued in the 1860's.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Mountain Range

Himalayas