"THE SHOP" The Story of the Royal Military Academy
by Guggisberg, Captain F. G
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
-
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London:Cassell and Company, Limited, 1900. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/01/0_img_6382.jpg. London:Cassell and Company, Limited. 1900. Presumed 1st edition. xii+276pp. +16pp ads. Illustrated, including 8 color plates and 2 folding plans. Hardcover. Blue decorated boards soiled and shelfworn, with wear to edges and spine hinges, spine ends worn and frayed, with edge points gently bumped and worn to boards. Internally end pages with some age toning/ foxing and a previous owners gilt inscription inked to 1st free endpage and a bookseller ticket to bottom edge of inside front board. Otherwise, aside from some foxing to 2 folding plans, a good, solid clean copy. The binding is tight and hinges intact.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25048
- Title
- "THE SHOP" The Story of the Royal Military Academy
- Author
- Guggisberg, Captain F. G
- Illustrator
- http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/01/0_img_6382.jpg
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London:Cassell and Company, Limited
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY; ENGLAND; HISTORY;
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
Biblio member since 2016
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
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- 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...
- Edges
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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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.