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Head-dress Badges of the British Army; (Signed)
by Kipling, Arthur L., and Hugh L. King
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0584109474
- ISBN 13
- 9780584109474
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Frederick Muller, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in shiny navy boards. No dust jacket. First printing of first edition. SIGNED by Arthur L. Kipling on a small plate tipped in on title page. Book is in Fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos. Laid in are several color illustrations, clipped from magazines, next to the page of the appropriate head-dress. One such magazine page left some color behind on the edges of the front free endpage, the book's only flaw. 4to. 233 pp. including index. Heavy--five pounds to ship; will require additional postage for shipping priority or outside the U.S.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Warwick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95285
- Title
- Head-dress Badges of the British Army; (Signed)
- Author
- Kipling, Arthur L., and Hugh L. King
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0584109474
- ISBN 13
- 9780584109474
- Publisher
- Frederick Muller
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Military history; British military history; headdress badges; helmet adornments
Terms of Sale
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Returnable if not as described, with prior notice, within 30 days. We take care packaging the books you order and will gift wrap on request.
About the Seller
Warwick Books
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South Pasadena, California
About Warwick Books
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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