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The Perilous Adventures and Vicissitudes of Naval Officer 1801-1812: Being Part of the Memoirs of Admiral George Vernon Jackson (1787-1876)
by Admiral George Vernon Jackson / Harold Burrows (Ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/Fair
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Blackwood and Sons Ltd., 1927. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus/Fair. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Scarce original jacket. Large section of loss to front cover. Spine browned. Wear and loss to ends of spine and edges of covers. Previous owner's initials to spine: J B-M (John Bowman Manifold, Lieut.-Commander Aboard H.M.S. Exeter, killed in action during the Battle of the River Plate). Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fair. Book: Blue cloth binding with a few small marks and indentations. Creasing to spine, rubbing to ends of spine and corners of boards. Heavy foxing to page edges, a little light foxing to text. Overall book condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: vii, 242
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1211E067
- Title
- The Perilous Adventures and Vicissitudes of Naval Officer 1801-1812: Being Part of the Memoirs of Admiral George Vernon Jackson (1787-1876)
- Author
- Admiral George Vernon Jackson / Harold Burrows (Ed.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm
- Keywords
- , Naval_Sailing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Naval & Sailing;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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