The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents
by Barton, George
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: The Page Company, 1926. First published in 1917. This is a Very Good copy of the Third Impression (stated) from August of 1926. Not a common title. Dark blue cloth binding, with decorative illustrations stamped in black and orange; titling in gilt on front cover and spine. Clean text; xi, contents, list of illustrations, 322 pages. Frontis illustration and fifteen others within. Mild bumping and minor rubbing to margins. The rear gutter has cracked, due to perhaps careless removal of the rear endpaper. No dustjacket.. Later Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005471
- Title
- The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents
- Author
- Barton, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- The Page Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...