HEROES OF THE UNITED SERVICE
by Valentine, Mrs
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co. No date, circa early 1900s. In Two Parts : Heroes Of The Bristish Army, Heroes Of The British Navy. viii, 248, 256pp; Bound in dark greenc loth with gilt & black decorations to front board & to spine. Gilt to all page edges. Decorated endpages. Illustrated throughout in black & white, coloured fronis and title-page. A particularily fresh and bright decorative binding. with a very clean text and plates. A trifle foxed. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- F056
- Title
- HEROES OF THE UNITED SERVICE
- Author
- Valentine, Mrs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Warne, Military, Naval
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical & Maritime;
Terms of Sale
Thomas Rare Books
7 day return if mis-described
About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Yaxley, Suffolk
About Thomas Rare Books
Out-of-print books and maps
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....