DET STORA KRIGET (The Great War ?): Rikt Illustrerad Med Fotografier, Planer Och Kartor/Three (3) Volume Set
by Churchill, Winston S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Stockholm: Aktiebolaget Skolunds Bokforlag Dates: Vols. 1 and 2: 1935; Vol. 3: 1936. Marbled paper covered boards w/ red leather spine and corners. Gilt title and five raised bands on each spine. Top edges gilt. Light rubbing to extremities. Wear to tops of spine, especially Vol. 2. Spines sunned. Marbled endpapers. Text in Finnish. Illust. w/ b/w photos and maps. Overall, still strong, sturdy books.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Martin Martelius. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 737
- Title
- DET STORA KRIGET (The Great War ?): Rikt Illustrerad Med Fotografier, Planer Och Kartor/Three (3) Volume Set
- Author
- Churchill, Winston S
- Illustrator
- Martin Martelius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Aktiebolaget Skolunds Bokforlag
- Place of Publication
- Stockholm
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY WORLD WAR I 1914 1918 FIRST WORLD WAR GREAT WAR WWI CHURCHILL SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER 1874 1965 WARFARE AMERICAN HISTORY ALLIED POWERS UNITED STATES BRITAIN FRANCE RUSSIA CENTRAL POWERS GERMANY AUSTRIA OTTOMAN EMPIRE WORLD HISTORY EUR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military - WWI;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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