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The Battles and Battle Fields of Yorkshire; From the Earliest Times to the End of the Great Civil War by Grainge, William
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York:: James Hunton,, 1854. 8vo,. Illustrated with frontis map. brown embossed cloth. Sunned, corners bumped, owner's names on ffep, else very good. A good history of the major battles of Yorkshire from 1066 until 1779.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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