The History of the British Navy
by Michael Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Allen & Unwin, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. reset. 260 pages. Blue dust jacket over cloth and gilt lettering. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Moderate tanning to jacket spine and edges. Jacket has light edge-wear with closed tears and creasing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1679307982IEV
- Title
- The History of the British Navy
- Author
- Michael Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin
- Date Published
- 1959
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...