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Unter Deutscher Flagge
by Allers, C. W. (Christian Wilhelm Allers) & Graf Bernstorff
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Decatur, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Stuttgart/Berlin/Leipzig: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft. 1890. 160pp. marbled endpp.; all edges gilt; frontis.; orig. green cloth folio w/gilt titles, decorations & tipped down illus. of young German marine with bugle: Good+ [bit of shelf rubbing of large, heavy volume at extremities; front hinge is cracked but very firm; some foxing; else G+] 9 full page & 170 other pencil & charcoal illustrations. Text in German by Graf Bernstorff & C. W. Allers. An enormous volume describing (in German) various military and civilian vessels, sailors and the record of a Victorian era steamship voyage through the Suez Canal and out to German Samoa. Wonderful drawings illustrating all these things by Allers (1857-1915), who had served in the navy and was a naturalist artist of the "bourgeois experience." This volume appeared at the moment in history when Germany began its naval arms race with Great Britain that carried on down to the First World War.
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- Bookseller
- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9
- Title
- Unter Deutscher Flagge
- Author
- Allers, C. W. (Christian Wilhelm Allers) & Graf Bernstorff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1890
- Publisher
- Stuttgart/Berlin/Leipzig: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft
- Keywords
- ART MARITIME MILITARY GERMANY MERCHANT MARINE NAVY GERMAN EMPIRE IMPERIALISM VICTORIAN ERA ANTIQUARIAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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About the Seller
Auldfarran Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Decatur, Georgia
About Auldfarran Books, IOBA
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Good+
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- Folio
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