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London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria
by Churchill, Winston Spencer
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900. First Edition. Octavo. Half-title, folding color frontispiece map, 498pp., 32pp. publisher's ads, with all maps and plans present, original cloth cover bound in at the rear. Churchill writes "This small book is mainly a personal record of my adventures and impressions during the first five months of the African War". A lovely fresh copy handsomely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full red morocco, boards ruled in gilt with gilt stamp of Winston S. Churchill, raised bands, two compartments lettered in gilt, other compartments stamped with a gilt rampant lion within a gilt frame, all edges gilt, red morocco turn-ins double ruled with corner flourishes gilt. A bright, fine copy with no names, bookplates, or foxing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022984
- Title
- London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria
- Author
- Churchill, Winston Spencer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Boar War African War First Edition Bayntu-Riviere
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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