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Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon: Complete in One Volume
by Lever, Charles
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No jacket
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: A. L. Burt Company. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. Phiz. 1007 pages. The entertaining story of an Irishman in the British Army during the Peninsular War written with humor but showing the darker side of war. Red cloth binding with gilt titles and borders on spine. Spine and gilt faded, small hole at top of spine, some spotting of cover, a little edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, dark stain at top corner of back cover, hinges weak, small book plate on front fixed end paper, pencil mark on front free end paper which is split at hinge, frontispiece tissue intact, interior pages lightly tanned, binding otherwise tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01041
- Title
- Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon
- Author
- Lever, Charles
- Illustrator
- Phiz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not stated
- Publisher
- A. L. Burt Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- fiction, military, Waterloo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Scraps of American History
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About the Seller
Scraps of American History
Biblio member since 2012
Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
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