Admiral Lord Anson The Story of Anson's Voyage and Naval Events of His Day
by Pack, Captain S.W.C., C.B.E., M.Sc., Royal Navy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1960. Blue cloth on boards with gilt titles. Spine: light few only small smudges; light vertical convex rise down the spine. Thin old sunning to foot of spine and a touch along the boards top-edge. Edges: moderate foxings and soiling. Eps: light sprinkling of foxing. Light short splitting to guttering between ffep & half-title page. Few only foxings to a few only pages margins. B/w glossy illustration. One page guttering with vertical thin old cellotape repair. Binding is VG.. 262p Dj: mild soiling, rubbing & scratches. Spine: head & foot with wear, small tears & chips. Head & foot of flaps spines with small open wear, short splits & chips. Top & bottom edge with a couple of tiny splits and chips.. First Edition. HB. VG/VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BOOKMARK Ltd
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042308
- Title
- Admiral Lord Anson The Story of Anson's Voyage and Naval Events of His Day
- Author
- Pack, Captain S.W.C., C.B.E., M.Sc., Royal Navy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military > Naval;
Terms of Sale
BOOKMARK Ltd
Will reimburse cost of book, if not as described.
About the Seller
BOOKMARK Ltd
Biblio member since 2006
Auckland
About BOOKMARK Ltd
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- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- 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....
- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
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