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A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder
by Partington, J.R
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1960. Undetermined. very good. 1st printing. xvi, 381pp. Small quarto, bound in original red boards with gilt lettering to spine. Frontispiece, 21 black-and-white illustrations throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Bottom corners rubbed through. Some dust soiling to top of text block. Dust jacket rubbed; spine faded. very good A notable contribution to the history of science and technology, written by a chemist. 1960
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140789
- Title
- A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder
- Author
- Partington, J.R
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. Heffer & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Ancient Greece|Ancient History|Guns|Military History|Science|Technology
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
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- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...