A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence 0f Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood
by G. L. Newnham collingwood, Esq
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1829. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. B/w Fold Out Map. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First American Edition from the fourth London Edition. Rebound in grey cloth over tan pase paper boards, original spine strip retained, 8vo, 422pp. A solid copy of this collection of writings and letters by Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood notable as a partner with Lord Nelson in several of the British victories of the Napoleonic Wars. (fading, wear, toning and dulling to outer extremities, toning and browning to page edges, foxing throughout, staining to text block at lower corner affecting the margins at the corner, light foxing and toning to fold out frontis chart).
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- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0849362
- Title
- A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence 0f Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood
- Author
- G. L. Newnham collingwood, Esq
- Illustrator
- B/w Fold Out Map
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- G. & C. & H. Carvill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1829
- Keywords
- spel2015 A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence 0f Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood
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Vashon Island Books
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
About Vashon Island Books
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- Rebound
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- Cloth
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- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
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