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THE FACE OF BATTLE
by Keegan, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good to Very Good Mylar Cover
- ISBN 10
- 0670304328
- ISBN 13
- 9780670304325
- Seller
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COSTA MESA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking,, 1976. Previous owners bookplate on front paste down and name embossed on ffep and title page. Dust jacket has minor rubbing and chipping to exposed edges and corners. Large closed tear on back. 354 pages.. Book Club Edition.. A Hardbound Book. Very Good/Good to Very Good Mylar Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Military Book Club.
Synopsis
The Face of Battle is a 1976 non-fiction book on military history by the English military historian John Keegan.
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Details
- Seller
- HERB RIESSEN-RARE BOOKS
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2891
- Title
- THE FACE OF BATTLE
- Author
- Keegan, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good to Very Good Mylar Cover
- Edition
- Book Club Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0670304328
- ISBN 13
- 9780670304325
- Publisher
- Viking,
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- 0-670-30432-8 MILITARY HISTORY
Terms of Sale
HERB RIESSEN-RARE BOOKS
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About the Seller
HERB RIESSEN-RARE BOOKS
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COSTA MESA, California
About HERB RIESSEN-RARE BOOKS
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
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