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Year of Battles: or the Franco-German War of 1870-'71: With Maps, Plans of Battles and Numerous Portraits, Illustrations and Battle Scenes
by Brockett, L. P
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: J. W. Goodspeed & Co, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 404 pages. Illustrated. Frontispiece folding color map. Brown cloth hardcover with blind stamped borders and decorations on covers. Gilt stamped title and illustration on spine. Slight lean to binding. Light shelf wear to cloth. Light scattered foxing to the interior. Folding color map in front has a large closed (repairable) tear. Pencil name of B. C. Ely on front and rear paste downs. Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30130
- Title
- Year of Battles: or the Franco-German War of 1870-'71
- Author
- Brockett, L. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. W. Goodspeed & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Europe
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- Fair
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- Cloth
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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