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The Dust of Combat: A Life of Charles Kingsley - SIGNED copy in dust jacket
by MARTIN, Robert Bernard [INSCRIBED]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good+
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Good+. 8vo. Pp. 308. Frontis. subject portrait. Illustrated with 7 additional halftone plates, index. Red cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, coat of arms in gilt on the cover. Inscribed in ink on the title page "With all good wishes to Ray, RBM." Binding tight, boards square, leaves crisp and bright. In the two-color illustrated dust jacket with price $5.95 intact on the front flap: edges chipped, light abrasions. Kingsley 1819 - 1875 was a parish priest, Chaplain to the Queen, tutor to the Prince of Wales, professor of History at Cambridge, novelist, Christian Socialist, pamphleteer, etc. Today he's perhaps best known for Westward Ho! and the perennial seller, Water Babies. Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6406
- Title
- The Dust of Combat: A Life of Charles Kingsley - SIGNED copy in dust jacket
- Author
- MARTIN, Robert Bernard [INSCRIBED]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Leaves
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- Inscribed
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- Title Page
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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