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A Narrative of the Peninsular War
by Andrew Leith Hay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Hearne, 1850. 4th Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Full green calf leather binding. Spine ornately decorated in gilt, with five raised bands and red morocco title label. Boards with double gilt filet border, gilt decorated board edges, blind tooled turn-ins. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Fading to spine. A few small marks to boards, small tear to top of rear board with an old repair. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. Light browning to pages. Foxing to several of the plates, also affecting facing pages. Gift inscription to leading blank (on leaving Eton, 1862). Recent owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. Large fold-out map to rear in very good condition. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xii, 451
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1217E105
- Title
- A Narrative of the Peninsular War
- Author
- Andrew Leith Hay
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Hearne
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850
- Size
- 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm)
- Keywords
- Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, Peninsula War, Peninsular War, Military
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings; Military;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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