London: Cassell & Company Hardcover; 4 volumes. N.D. (est. 1875). Numerous illustrations. Halfbound brown leather over black cloth. Gilt titles and 8 gilt bands on spine. Sunned spines. Wear around edges of leather. Moderate shelfwear/rubbing to the cloth boards. The leather is split (~2") on the tail-edge of the front hinge of the first volume. Loose hinges. Prev. owner's name on ffep of each volume. Clean endpapers save for yellowing due to contact with the leather. Speckled page-ends. Yellowing pages, but still very bright and clean. VG-. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 7 3/4 x 10 1/2.

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Bookseller: J. Wyatt Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 220294
Title: BRITISH BATTLES ON LAND AND SEA (4 Volumes)
Author: Grant, James
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good-
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Cassell & Company
Place of Publication: London
Size: 7 3/4 x 10 1/2
Keywords: Britain,
Bookseller catalogs: Military History;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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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...
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...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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....
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...