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Benito Mussolini, a biography
by Hibbert., Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG++/F/VG+
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Reprint Society, 1963-01-01. Reprint.. Hardcover. VG++/F/VG+. Box 74 HARDBACK ""REPRINT SOCIETY,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint 1st. thus* Impression: 1st. * Date: 1963 (1962).* Pub: The Reprint Society.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter bound red cloth covered boards. Gilt titles to red spine label on black spine strip. No bumps or rubs. No other visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Black & white illustrated jacket showing portrait of Mussolini to face. Black titles to face and b/w to spine. Not price clipped but showing no shelf price. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. Spine very slightly faded. In clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG+.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. Coloured top edges (red), no tanning or other visible faults. Some slight age toning to all edges. VG++*Illustrations: Two x 8pp blocks of b/w photos in text.* Pages: 392 pp. text. xxv pp. bibliography, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Benito Mussolini, the son of a peasant, held absolute rule over the Italian nation for the best part ofa generation, and played a leading role in high world drama. What happened to Italy was therefore in the fullest sense his personal responsibility, and by this History ? whose ultimate verdict was his constant sel-conscious preoccupation ? must judge him.* A NEAR FINE reprint copy of the 1st thus with only minimal faults reducing it to VG+.* 0
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10025
- Title
- Benito Mussolini, a biography
- Author
- Hibbert., Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/F/VG+
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- The Reprint Society
- Date Published
- 1963-01-01
- Pages
- 415
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Cocksparrow Books
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Salisbury, Wiltshire
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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...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 1st Thus
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