The True Blue: The Life and Adventures of Col. Fred Burnaby 1842-85
by Alexander, Michael
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Rupert Hart-Davies, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Short tear on p. 169. Price-clipped dust jacket is fresh and bright with shelf rubbing and slight loss to top of spine. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings. 8vo. 211 pp. including select bibliography. In protective Mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Warwick Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95295
- Title
- The True Blue: The Life and Adventures of Col. Fred Burnaby 1842-85
- Author
- Alexander, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Military history; British military history; Royal Horse Guards; regiments
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Warwick Books
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South Pasadena, California
About Warwick Books
We are an Internet-only book business. We carry hard-to-find books in many categories including art, photography, military history, cookbooks, children's books, fiction, needlework, Americana, popular culture, and signed first editions. Warwick Books is a member of IOBA, the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.