Bonaparte in Egypt
by Herold, J. Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963 Good/Good. Large Octavo. 424 pages with bibliography, notes and index. 16 pages of illustrations. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration; illustrated end sheets. Boards warped outward slightly; upper corners of boards bumped; previous owner's name on front end sheet. Light wear to ends of jacket hinges; spine and upper edge of jacket browned. Text is clean and binding is tight..
Synopsis
The French expedition to Egypt which Bonaparte launched in 1798 was one of the most exciting, most harrowing, most futile, and yet most fruitful adventures in modern times.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 998614
- Title
- Bonaparte in Egypt
- Author
- Herold, J. Christopher
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963
- Keywords
- NAPOLEON, NAPOLEONIC WARS, EGYPT, MILITARY HISTORY
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.