Bosworth Field and the War of the Roses by ROWSE A L
- Bookseller: Ming Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: un99880
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Edition: First UK Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: MacMillan
- Place: London
- Date published: 1966
Description
London: MacMillan, 1966. [xiv] + 317pp. Black & white illustrations. Very small tears and slight chipping to dj. Previous owner's blind stamp to free end paper. First published in the United States in The Crossroads of World History Series. UK price £12.50p. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
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