The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71
by Alistair Horne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Reprint Society, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. This Edition. 454 pages. Blue, Black and white illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrative & photographic plates to mid-section. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild crinkling, light tanning and occasional foxing. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning. There is bumping to corners. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1645087317GDO
- Title
- The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71
- Author
- Alistair Horne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Reprint Society
- Date Published
- 1967
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...