London: Remington & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate rubbing and marks to boards. 1/8" chips to cloth at tail of spine and at head corners of boards. 1/4" chips to cloth at tail corners of boards. Owner's signature dated 1884 in coloured pencil on title page. Gutters intact at hinges. Narrow split to gutter between final text leaf and the advertisement leaf. ; viii, 574 pages + [1] page advertisements. Original green cloth boards with gilt title on spine. Dimensions: 8 5/8" by 5 3/8".; 8vo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5357
Title: A Narrative of the Boer War: Its Causes and Results
Author: Carter, Thomas Fortescue
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Remington & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1883

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
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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...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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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...
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...