Empire Lost: Britain, the Dominions, and the Second World War
by STEWART, Andrew
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Continuum, 2008. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; xiii, 238pp. Publisher's slip laid in. Text block mildly cocked, with trivial foxing to top edge, else tight, clean, near-new copy. Minor toning to top edge of dust jacket. Fine.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-227) and index.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50682
- Title
- Empire Lost: Britain, the Dominions, and the Second World War
- Author
- STEWART, Andrew
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain; WW2;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Publisher's Slip
- A piece of paper from the publisher included in an advance review copy or an uncorrected proof copy of a book. A publisher's...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....