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Bataille de Jersey, 1781 et la celebration du Centenaire 1881, Aved Gravures
by Nicholson, Lothian Lt Gen (under Auspices of)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/N/A
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
A$192.40A$134.68
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About This Item
Jersey: Huelin et le Feuvre, 1881. The Battle of Jersey 6 January 1781 was an attempt by French Royalist forces to invade Jersey and remove the threat the island posed to French and American shipping in the American War of Independence. Text in French with advertising in English. CONDITION Green cloth with bright gilt title and black decorative border to front (some stains and mild wear to cloth at spine ends and tips) pp x 125 with 8 engraved illus and a plan of St Helier, 3 pages of advertising, list of names (local combatants?) name to front free end page. Mostly clean with odd fox spot, gutter split to paper at front hinge, mull intact. Overall a nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14746
- Title
- Bataille de Jersey, 1781 et la celebration du Centenaire 1881, Aved Gravures
- Author
- Nicholson, Lothian Lt Gen (under Auspices of)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Huelin et le Feuvre
- Place of Publication
- Jersey
- Date Published
- 1881
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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Ariel Books
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- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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