Face to Face with Napoleon
by O.V. Caine
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
James Nisbet and Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 367 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with lettering and decorations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Heavy rubbing to gilt to text block edges. Cracking to front hinge. Heavy7 tanning and marking to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed and tanned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1619699710IEV
- Title
- Face to Face with Napoleon
- Author
- O.V. Caine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James Nisbet and Co.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...