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The first Battle of the Marne (Great battles series)
by Robert B. Asprey
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1962. First Edition. 212 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with photographic black and white plates throughout and book plate to front endpaper. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Heavier foxing to text block edges and rear hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have minor rubbing and light bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1643296510IEV
- Title
- The first Battle of the Marne (Great battles series)
- Author
- Robert B. Asprey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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