The World of the Battleship: The Design and Careers of Capital Ships of the World's Navies, 1900-1950
by Taylor, Bruce
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0870219065
- ISBN 13
- 9780870219061
- Seller
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Jupiter , Florida, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2018. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 4to (26 x 24 cm). 440 pp. Dark blue cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ with color painting of battleship to front panel and photograph of battleship firing broadside to back panel. Wear to edges and 2 cm repaired tear to tail of spine.
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- Bookseller
- Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2795
- Title
- The World of the Battleship: The Design and Careers of Capital Ships of the World's Navies, 1900-1950
- Author
- Taylor, Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0870219065
- ISBN 13
- 9780870219061
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, MD
- Date Published
- 2018
- Bookseller catalogs
- Naval History;
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About Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
Liberty Book Store, ABAA, FABA, IOBA, with offices in Jupiter Florida, is an online (and by appointment) antiquarian bookstore that BUYS and SELLS RARE and INTERESTING BOOKS. Our primary interests are the American Antebellum period, Association Copies, Automotive, Books With A Story, Floridiana, Maritime History, RR Donnelley bindings, and books of exceptional beauty or scarcity.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.