Swept Channels Being An Account of the Work of the Minesweepers In The Great War
by Taffrail (Captain Taprell Dorling, D.S.O., F.R.Hist.S., Royal Navy)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/None
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1938. Blue cloth on boards with soft rubbing, small scratch and small areas of shelf-sunned. Edges: light browning and few only foxing. Spine: thin bumping to head & foot. Eps: fep foot with small booksellers sticker; ffep with small name stamp to head and inscribed 1940; dj shadownig. Slight hinge splitting between ffep & half-title page. Frontis: b/w photo of A Mine Explosion. Clean content. B/w illustrations. Binding is VG. 388p. Reprint. Hb. VG/None.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BOOKMARK Ltd
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037422
- Title
- Swept Channels Being An Account of the Work of the Minesweepers In The Great War
- Author
- Taffrail (Captain Taprell Dorling, D.S.O., F.R.Hist.S., Royal Navy)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military > General;
Terms of Sale
BOOKMARK Ltd
Will reimburse cost of book, if not as described.
About the Seller
BOOKMARK Ltd
Biblio member since 2006
Auckland
About BOOKMARK Ltd
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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