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A History of the British Army: Volume IV, Part I, 1789-1801
by Fortescue, J W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: MacMillan and Co, 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Volume IV, part I only. xlviii, 598pp. Quarter-bound in green leather over green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Text block edge speckled red. Likely a library binding. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, moderately rubbed spine ends; corners rubbed and rounded. Text block edges tanned. Endpapers moderately tanned. Reference library's stamps, bar code and markings on endpapers, copyright page and spine label. Internally pages are lightly age toned, otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018972
- Title
- A History of the British Army: Volume IV, Part I, 1789-1801
- Author
- Fortescue, J W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1915
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- British Army, Army, Military History
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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....
- Library Binding
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- Spine Label
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Edges
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