A Yarn of War - Palestine and France 1917-1918.
by WORLD WAR ONE. BOYD, Edwin R. (under the initials E.R.B.)
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About This Item
Privately printed at the University Press by Robert Maclehose, Glasgow and issued by Maclehose & Jackson., 1919. First edition. Octavo. pp xvi, 251. Illustrated with the author's photographs and maps. Possibly the author's own copy: binding of full blue morocco with raised bands and gilt thistle motifs to spine, author's initials also in gilt at foot of spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WORLDWAR010743
- Title
- A Yarn of War - Palestine and France 1917-1918.
- Author
- WORLD WAR ONE. BOYD, Edwin R. (under the initials E.R.B.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately printed at the University Press by Robert Maclehose, Glasgow and issued by Maclehose & Jackson.
- Date Published
- 1919
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- Raised Band(s)
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- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- First Edition
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