The Great Events of the Great War
by Horne, Charles F. (editor)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
National Alumni, 1923. Volume 2 only. Green limp leather stamped elaborately in gold on spine and front cover. sm4to. 449pp. Top page edges gilt. Foredges and bottom edges uncut. Many pages unopened. Binding design is an authorized facsimile of the original art binding on the official Belgian copy of the Versaille Peace Treaty - signed by King Albert and foreign Minister Hymans and deposited in the Archives of the Belgian govt. Four full page toned plates of paintings and photographs with tissues and captions. Cover s detailed history of WW1 from July 29, 1914 thru the end of 1914. 1" tear in leather at head of spine along hinge. 3/8" square piece missing at same spot. Besides wear at top of spine a very nice copy,..
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- Bookseller
- Cultural Connection (US)
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- 12125
- Title
- The Great Events of the Great War
- Author
- Horne, Charles F. (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- National Alumni, 1923.
- Keywords
- World War 1 history
- Bookseller catalogs
- Temporary #3;
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...