Sound of the Guns: The Story of American Artillery From the Ancient and Honorable Company to the Atom Cannon and Guided Missile
by Downey, Fairfax
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: David McKay, 1956. First edition. HC w DJ. PC VG/Good+. Blue cloth, gilt spine titling & front decoration, edgewear w some dulling, illustrated endpapers, FO plate to FPEP, unmarked, binding sound. Clipped DJ edgewear heaviest along top-edge, spine tips chipped/nicked, rubbing to extremities, now in Brodart. B/W illustrations. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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- Bookseller
- Refuge Books: Used & Rare
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240031
- Title
- Sound of the Guns: The Story of American Artillery From the Ancient and Honorable Company to the Atom Cannon and Guided Missile
- Author
- Downey, Fairfax
- Format/Binding
- HC w DJ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David McKay
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Pages
- 337
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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