The Development of Navies during the last half-Century.
by EARDLEY-WILMOT, CAPTAIN S - Royal Navy.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Seeley, London, 1892 . Plates and illustrations. 8vo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches), 295-pages. Contemporary fuill tan calf, sides gilt ruled enclosing the arms in gilt of Rugby School, Spine gilt in compartments and on raised bands, with green lettering piece, all edges marbled. Band of fading at head of upper cover, some spotting but overall very good. Prize inscription on front free endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20657
- Title
- The Development of Navies during the last half-Century.
- Author
- EARDLEY-WILMOT, CAPTAIN S - Royal Navy.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Seeley, London, 1892
- Bookseller catalogs
- Naval;
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About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
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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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...