History Book Club, 1972. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1972. First Edition. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket in protective laminate over blue cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white and coloured illustrations. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Noticeable tanning to text block edges. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends causing cloth to fray. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has light edge-wear with closed tears and creasing. Mild tanning to jacket spine and edges.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1662121498GST
Title: Russia in War and Peace
Author: Alan Palmer
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: History Book Club
Date Published: 1972

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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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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....