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Prince Alfred's Guard; It's History. With Notes Relating to the Volunteer Movement in Port Elizabeth. With Photographs and Illustrations supplied by Staff-Sergt. R.S. Emslie.
by HALL, Richard T.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cape Colony, Port Elizabeth, 1906 1st. Small hardback, approx 6 x 4.5 inches. Full polished dark brown morocco leather with raised and gilt banding to spine and twin leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Speckled edges. In very good condition. Later leather fine binding. No inscriptions. Some slight darkening to main title page. Some foxing to folds on folding plates and adjacent pages. One other foxed area between p132-3. 421pp. Profusely illustrated with B&W photo plates, including 5 fold-out plates.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92490
- Title
- Prince Alfred's Guard; It's History. With Notes Relating to the Volunteer Movement in Port Elizabeth. With Photographs and Illustrations supplied by Staff-Sergt. R.S. Emslie.
- Author
- HALL, Richard T.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cape Colony, Port Elizabeth, 1906 1st
- Keywords
- Military Subjects Africa Boer War First Edition Fine Binding Illustrated Books Leather Binding Maps Military
Terms of Sale
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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