The bowmen of England: The story of the English longbow
by Featherstone, Donald
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About This Item
Adventurers Club, 1968. hardcover. Featherstone, Donald : The bowmen of England: The story of the English longbow. London : Adventurers Club, 1968. Reprint of the 1967 1st in this (very nice) book club format. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Matte color dj. Plain white endpapers. 200 numbered pp plus eight glossy pp b&w illus to center. Author's intro, list of illus, prologue, epilogue, bibliography, index; along the way, covers (among others) Falkirk, Bannockburn, Halidon Hill, Sluys, Morlaix, Crecy, Neville's Cross, Mauron, Poitiers, Homildon Hill, Agincourt, Verneuil, Rouvray, Patay, and Flodden Field. Condition notes: DJ unclipped, incl on back flap a 'Friend's Enrolment Form' for the club, wear particularly to spine ends and top front where an old price sticker removed some color; binding shows spine ends rolled and corners bumped but no sunning; no notes or highlighting. A nice copy of a classic work. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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- Seller
- Furrowed Brow Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 221019005
- Title
- The bowmen of England: The story of the English longbow
- Author
- Featherstone, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Adventurers Club, 1968
- Weight
- 1.06 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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Furrowed Brow Books was established in 2020. The bookstore's owner, Paul Purman, grew up in an old farmhouse full of books. Paul had been providing online booksales since 2008 through several popular online sales venues. In 2021 Paul was accepted as a member of the Independent Online Booksellers' Association (IOBA), and graduated from the annual Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Minnesota).
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Furrowed Brow Books' goal is to offer an eclectic selection, while providing specialty offerings in Eastern Orthodoxy and Byzantine civilization, theology, Christian mysticism, science fiction/fantasy (Inklings emphasis), and military history.
We're happy to discuss making an offer on a collection in one of our specialty areas.
Dealer discount of 20%; we simply ask that you reciprocate with a discount of 20%.
Thanks for stopping by!
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Cloth
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...