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Battles by sea
by Chatterton, E. Keble
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Ibstock, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sidgwick and Jackson, Ltd. Good with no dust jacket. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in navy blue cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, spine ends rubbed, bookplate on front pastedown and name on front endpaper, page edges rough cut. xvi + 272 pages, photos & illustrations on plates, index .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aucott & Thomas
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56660
- Title
- Battles by sea
- Author
- Chatterton, E. Keble
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sidgwick and Jackson, Ltd
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Battle Of Trafalgar, Steam ships, Ancient Greece
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military / navy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aucott & Thomas
Biblio member since 2003
Ibstock, Leicestershire
About Aucott & Thomas
We have been selling books by post since 1995. Apart from our specialist interests, we carry a constantly changing stock of around 5000 fiction and non-fiction books covering a wide range of subjects. We can supply lists of stock in any particular area of interest on request. http://www.aucott.com/
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- Cloth
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- 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...
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