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The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80
by Archibald Forbes
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Seeley and Co, 1896. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo.. Maroon boards with gilt lettering to front and spine, and the crest of Dollar Instittution on the front board. Edges are bumped. Prize bookplate on fep dated 1898. Hinges are loosening. Pages are age tanned but clean. Slight rippling. Some pages remain uncut. Portraits and plans, the frontispiece of Sir Frederick Roberts has leeched into the previous page. 1896
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4039
- Title
- The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80
- Author
- Archibald Forbes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Seeley and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 8vo.
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
Glossary
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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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...