Gallipoli Memories. IN FULL MOROCCO
by MACKENZIE Compton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cassell, [1929]. 8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece; handsomely bound in full navy morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the first volume of Mackenzie's 'Eastern Mediterranean' tetralogy describing his experiences as an intelligence office during the Great War. Enser, p.144.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37027
- Title
- Gallipoli Memories. IN FULL MOROCCO
- Author
- MACKENZIE Compton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Date Published
- [1929]
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, compton mackenzie, ww1, wwi, great war, gallipoli
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Island Books
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Thakeham, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...