Victory Souvenir of the Great War 1914 - 1919
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Birkenhead; Willmer Bros, 1919., 1919. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Landscape quarto. [10], pp 3 - 190, [10]. Advertisements front & rear. Illustrated throughout including frontispiece of H M King George V, and many photographic portraits. Book Condition: Good. Pictorial paper-covered boards. Covers soiled and scuffed with minor loss at spine tips and wear at corners. Inner hinges cracked but holding; ffep creased with a little minor loss at lower corner. Gift inscription dated 1920 to title page. Comprehensive record of Birkenhead's record of service including fund-raisers, volunteer workers, ship builders and service providers, with a diary of local events during the wartime period. Scarce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4653
- Title
- Victory Souvenir of the Great War 1914 - 1919
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Birkenhead; Willmer Bros, 1919.
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- Military
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
Biblio member since 2019
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...