Our Sailors: Anecdotes of the Engagements and Gallant Deeds of the British Navy During the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
by Kingston, W. H. G
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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London (Birr), Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Griffith and Farran, 1863. Book. Fair. Decorative Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original gilt and stamped decorative blue cloth hardcovers. Expertly rebacked with original spine laid down; new corners, and new marbled endpapers. Wear and rubbing to cloth hardcovers. Spine titles still just legible, but front brighter. Title-page lost. Toning to edges. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Frontispiece. Two-page advert's for Kingston books, as well as 32-page publisher's catalogue (dated 1863) at rear. 2[ads.]+xii,282+2[ads.]+32[ads.]p..
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- Bookseller
- CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36742br
- Title
- Our Sailors: Anecdotes of the Engagements and Gallant Deeds of the British Navy During the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
- Author
- Kingston, W. H. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Griffith and Farran
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1863
- Keywords
- history literature popular boys military naval battles stories ninetenth century Victorian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria; Children's Literature;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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London (Birr), Ontario
About CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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"...
- 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....
- 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.
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
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