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The War of the Two Emperors: The Duel between Napoleon and Alexander: Russia, 1812
by Cate, Curtis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394536703
- ISBN 13
- 9780394536705
- Seller
-
Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0394536703 . Quarter bound in publisher's brown cloth over brown boards, gilt lettering on spine, author's initials, gilt, embossed on cover. Illustrated with B&W photographs.. Former owner's name neatly stamped on ffep, volume is very slightly cocked. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, has a small closed tear at top of rear panel and top of front panel. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. . B& W illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xxiii), 487 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9814
- Title
- The War of the Two Emperors: The Duel between Napoleon and Alexander: Russia, 1812
- Author
- Cate, Curtis
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Stated First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394536703
- ISBN 13
- 9780394536705
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 0394536703, History, Napoleon, Alexander I, RUSSIA, Military
- Bookseller catalogs
- Napoleon;
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Cloth
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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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
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