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Wellington: Being an Account of the Life and Achievements of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Richard Aldington
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Fair
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1946. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Fair. 8.5" by 5.5". None . A bright copy of the biography of Arthur Wellesley by Richard Aldington, the first edition complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work by Richard Aldington, looking at the life and achievements of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. A complete account of the life of the Duke, including his family life, as well as all his accomplishments. This biography won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Illustrated with full page plates in black and white as well as maps.With the front wrap of the original dust wrapper, unclipped. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, the front board only lightly marked, with minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities and minor rubbing to the spine and joints. The dust wrapper is rather worn, lacking the rear wrap and loss to the tail of the spine, chipped along the edges, unclipped. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a frontispiece and full page plates in black and white as well as maps. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 811A8
- Title
- Wellington: Being an Account of the Life and Achievements of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Author
- Richard Aldington
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- richard aldington wellington first editions biographies wellington
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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