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The British Navy in Battle
by Arthur H. Pollen
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Doubleday, Page & Co., 1919. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1919. No Edition Stated. 358 pages. No dust jacket. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Front hinge cracked but repaired with tape. Some gutter cracking. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to joints and some loss to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and board edges, with staining, insect damage and marking to boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1622790934ADA
- Title
- The British Navy in Battle
- Author
- Arthur H. Pollen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co.
- Date Published
- 1919
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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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