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THE DUKE
by Guedalla, Philip
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 523pp., illustrated with portrait frontispiece and 10 b&w photographic plates and folding map with folding transparency. Rebound in fine half green leather and cloth with gilt spine titles and decoration., top edge gilt. Original gilt embossed insignia from original front board now affixed to front pastedown. New marbled end papers, followed by original color map end papers; The Peninsula in front, and India at rear. Tissue guard at frontis is very lightly foxed. Very small closed tear at margin of Peninsula end paper. A near fine copy, handsomely rebound.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000564
- Title
- THE DUKE
- Author
- Guedalla, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- France, revolution, napoleon, robespierre, guillotine, bonaparte, napoleonic Wars, exile, Wellington, penisula, peninsular war, Duke of Wellington, Wesley
Terms of Sale
Frey Fine Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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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