Click for full-size.
Military Life in Algeria
by [ALGERIA] CASTELLANE, [Louis Charles] P[ierre], Comte de
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1853. First English Language Edition. Octavo (19cm). Two volumes rebound in half brown sheep and marbled paper boards, all edges sprinkled blue; plain endpapers; [ii],303,[1]pp; [ii],307,[1]pp. Tight and sound but lightly rubbed, with leather over spine dried and cracking, title pages and final leaves browned from endleaves, else clean: around Very Good.
First English translation of this account of the French conquest of Algeria, written by a French military officer. Uncommon in the trade.
First English translation of this account of the French conquest of Algeria, written by a French military officer. Uncommon in the trade.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61133
- Title
- Military Life in Algeria
- Author
- [ALGERIA] CASTELLANE, [Louis Charles] P[ierre], Comte de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Publisher
- Hurst and Blackett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; France;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
All items are offered subject to prior sale. Orders must be prepaid, though billing may be arranged for institutions and customers with established credit. Payment may be made by Check, Money Order, Paypal or by valid credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover). Any item may be returned within 10 days of receipt for full refund. Signed and manuscript items carry an unlimited guarantee of authenticity.
About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collectible Christmas Cards
Many of us love giving and receiving holiday cards - but did you know many of them are highly collectible? Whether signed by famous authors or just beautiful to look at, these collectible Christmas cards are sure to put a twinkle in your eye.
Michael Bond - the man behind Paddington Bear
“All the same ... it’s a very important name. And I don’t expect there are many bears in the world called Paddington!”
A lonely toy bear on an empty shop shelf on Christmas Eve in 1956 first captured the attention of Michael Bond, who kindly shared Paddington with the world.
