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THE WAR IN THE AIR AND PARTICULARLY HOW MR. BERT SMALLWAYS FARED WHILE IT LASTED
by Wells, H.G
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: George Bell and Sons, 1908. Book. Illus. by A. C. Michae. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. True First Edition. First Print. Octavo, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition, first binding with all lettering and decoration on front and spine panels in gold and "George Bell & Sons" at base of spine panel. One Illustration not present, that facing page 66, the other 15 are although some are foxed. Heavy staining to the end pages and to the edge of plates, some page edges foxed. Pages clean and complete. About acceptable..
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016333
- Title
- THE WAR IN THE AIR AND PARTICULARLY HOW MR. BERT SMALLWAYS FARED WHILE IT LASTED
- Author
- Wells, H.G
- Illustrator
- A. C. Michae
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- THE WAR IN THE AIR AND PARTICULARLY HOW MR. BERT SMALLWAYS FARED WHILE IT LASTED,WELLS, H.G.,FIRST EDITION
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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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Acceptable
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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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
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