Pax Britannica: The Climax Of An Empire
by James Morris
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0571085350
- ISBN 13
- 9780571085354
- Seller
-
Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Faber and Faber, 1968. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1968, with clipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed with light crease to rear upper lefthand corner (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text, maps to endpapers and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
Synopsis
This centerpiece of the trilogy captures the British at the height of their vigor and self-satisfaction, imposing their traditions and tastes, their idealists and rascals, on diverse peoples of the world. Index. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hall of Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240258
- Title
- Pax Britannica: The Climax Of An Empire
- Author
- James Morris
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0571085350
- ISBN 13
- 9780571085354
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / UK;
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Oswestry, Shropshire
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...