The Battle of Trafalgar
by Bennett, Geoffrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
(Annapolis): Naval Institute Press, 1977. First Edition. First printing Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" high by 6" deep. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with wrap around cover art from a painting by George Chambers. 256 pages including an index, notes on the plates, a bibliography and text. Illustrated with a section of maps, photographs and reproductions of contemporary works of art together with additional line drawings within the text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB23070
- Title
- The Battle of Trafalgar
- Author
- Bennett, Geoffrey
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- (Annapolis)
- Date Published
- 1977
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Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...