The Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Field-Marshal Montgomery
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Collins, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 574 pages. Grey dust-jacket over red cloth. Black & white illustrations.Includes black & white plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning to endpaper & pastedowns, front endpaper has bookplate marking of reduced tanning. Binding is weak. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Severe backward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Tape marking to flaps.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1626812572DPB
- Title
- The Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
- Author
- Field-Marshal Montgomery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1958
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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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...