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Our Heroes Of The Crimea: Being Biographical Sketches Of Our Military Officers, From The General Commanding-In-Chief To The Subaltern
by Ryan, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Geo. Routledge & Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signatures. Gutter split. Title page almost detached. Margins of leaves cropped close to text. Rubbing to edges of boards. ; Bound with two others, "The Pirate, by Sir Walter Scott and The Indian Mutiny, To The Re-Capture Of Lucknow." [4],192, [2], 266, vi, 337 pages. Half-leather binding. Gilt lettering on spine. Five-raised bands on spine. Marbled boards. Page dimensions: 152mm x 93mm. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8282
- Title
- Our Heroes Of The Crimea: Being Biographical Sketches Of Our Military Officers, From The General Commanding-In-Chief To The Subaltern
- Author
- Ryan, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Geo. Routledge & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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