NAVAL OPERATIONS : History of the Great War Based on Official Documents, By Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence . Vol. II ( No Plans )
by Corbett, Sir Julian S
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co, 1929. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. New Edition. Vol. II. Includes the Dogger Bank action and the loss of the Lusitania. Mainly concedrned with the Dardanelles Campaign. Volume goes up to the entry of Italy into the War in 1915 and the resignations of Winston Churchill and Lord Fisher. All Plans removed from front and rear pockets and also from main text. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. XI preliminary pages. Main text 448 pages. 9" Tall, 760g. Some closed tears to cloth down sides of spine. Hinges cracked nd reinforced with white hinge tape. Gift inscription on ffep, dated 1934. No other inscriptions. A few spots of marginal foxing on a few pages.
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019187
- Title
- NAVAL OPERATIONS : History of the Great War Based on Official Documents, By Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence . Vol. II ( No Plans )
- Author
- Corbett, Sir Julian S
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- London, New York, Toronto
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- MILITARY & WAR/MARITIME/HISTORY/NAVAL/WORLD WAR I
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About Cornish Books
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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