Heritage Of Sea Power: The Story Of Portsmouth
by F. W. Lipscomb
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson, 1967. Hardcover. Good. 1967. First Published. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth. Flatsigned by author to title page. Black and white photographic plates. Pages are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges and some plates. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with very mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier mottling and tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1686641996TMB
- Title
- Heritage Of Sea Power: The Story Of Portsmouth
- Author
- F. W. Lipscomb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Date Published
- 1967
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Flatsigned
- A flatsigned book is signed, and not inscribed, directly on a page of the book, rather than on a bookplate or with an...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...