With The Flag to Pretoria: A History of the Boer War of 1899-1900 - Vol, I
by H.W. Wilson
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Clevedon, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Harmsworth Brothers, Limited, 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. First edition and printing. Folio size. In good bright red bevel-edged boards, with black titles and gilt and black decorated lady to front with rose, thistle, clover symbols. The boards have cracked hinge and front cover a little loose, quite straight; some grubby marks; a few small dents to tail edge; corners and spine ends bumped. Small tan and white pattern on end papers is unmarked except for red stain along tail edge of rear board. Brief dedication on front free end paper. Tanned cut edges. The text block is tightly bound, straight and not tanned or foxed - very good condition, especially for age. With many illustrations, "mainly from photographs and authentic sketches taken in South Africa" fromthe war. Large coloured fold-out map to front. Overall condition good, due to condition of covers. Without jacket. Very heavy. Please contact us for cost of postage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clevedon Community Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62178
- Title
- With The Flag to Pretoria: A History of the Boer War of 1899-1900 - Vol, I
- Author
- H.W. Wilson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harmsworth Brothers, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Pages
- 363
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
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About the Seller
Clevedon Community Bookshop
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Clevedon, Somerset
About Clevedon Community Bookshop
Clevedon Community Bookshop, co-operatively owned, opened on 31 December 2011 and now has a general stock of approximately 20,000 books. Our bookshop in Copse Road is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11.00am to 4.00pm. The co-operative comprises just over 600 members from around the world and was set up to stop the only second-hand bookshop in our town from closing. The benefit of being a member/shareholder is only social: no-one benefits financially. All profits are used to improve the bookshop and its stock, and, through events, to contribute to the literacy and literary profile of our town. The Bookshop Manager has fifteen years' experience in second-hand bookselling. Email us if you would like to join our co-operative and thus jointly own our bookshop with us.
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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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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,...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...