The Hundred Years
by Guedalla, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, Limited. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1937. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. DJ and boards show some shelf wear, with DJ having short tears on edges, light chipping. Discoloration on DJ spine and around DJ edges. ; A bright solid book, green cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine, hinges intact, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. 9 fold-out B&W maps at the back. ; 8.7 X 5.9 X 1.5 inches; 374 pages; The author attempts to write a history of the major powers of the western world with the starting point being the ascension of Queen Victoria to the throne and ending 100 years later in 1936 in the shadow of the tensions leading to the oncoming confict - WWII. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20474
- Title
- The Hundred Years
- Author
- Guedalla, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Queen Victoria, WWI, US Civil War
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
Satisfaction guaranteed - if I have made an error in the description, I will refund book and shipping both ways. If the customer just changes his/her mind I will only refund one shipping charge. Please contact me before sending a book back. Any dust jackets on books will have a Mylar protector. Books shipped from US or Canada.
About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
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- Shelf Wear
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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...
- 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....