THE DEVELOPMENT OF NAVIES DURING THE LAST HALF-CENTURY
by Eardley-Wilmont, S., Captain, R.N
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Broadway: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Hardcover. Octavo, xvi, 295 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is red with gilt lettering. Boards have some shelf wear, bumping to corners, and a library identification sticker on the spine. Text block has an ex-library sticker and small pen writing on the front paste down, minor pencil writing and "The Athenaeum of Philadelphia" stamps on the front end pages and title page, and a penciled check mark on the title page. The back unpaginated pages are uncut. Ex-Library. NOTE: Shelved in Room A. 1372845. Special Collections.
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- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1372845
- Title
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF NAVIES DURING THE LAST HALF-CENTURY
- Author
- Eardley-Wilmont, S., Captain, R.N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- Broadway
- Date Published
- 1892
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...