The Sea and the Sword. The Baltic 1630-1945. (SIGNED).
by WARNER, Oliver
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Jonathan Cape, London. 1965. First edition. Cream sl. marbled paper-covered boards with blue cloth backstrip, gilt to spine. 320pp. B/w plates. Index. Signed presentation copy from the author - inscription to front free end-paper. Bookplate to front paste-down end-paper. Spine sl. rubbed. VG
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Details
- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51836
- Title
- The Sea and the Sword. The Baltic 1630-1945. (SIGNED).
- Author
- WARNER, Oliver
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- Jonathan Cape, London. 1965
- Keywords
- naval military history
Terms of Sale
Addyman Books
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
Biblio member since 2006
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- SL.
- slight