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NELSON
by C.S.FORESTER
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD, 1929 Blue Cloth Boards with gilt tiles to spine, 225 x 150 mm approx. viii + 266 pp + 6 of publisher's adverts, Portrait frontis. First Edition 1929. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Fair no d/j (Book- significant uneven fading to cloth with heavy wear to cloth. A few light foxing spots to reverse of frontis and light offsetting to title from frontis. Rear end papers show evidence of removal of probably WH Smith or other library stickers and remainder mark to bottom of book block near tail. Some pencil marginalia from a reading). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. A first edition copy of a biography on an historical figure by a prominent author which would make an ideal project for a student bookbinder.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128098
- Title
- NELSON
- Author
- C.S.FORESTER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Nelson C S Forester, Biographies, Bookbinding Projects, Maritime History, The Battle of Trafalgar, The Battle of the Nile, The Napoleonic Wars,
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
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