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The Steam Navy of England: Past, Present, and Future
by Harry Williams
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
W. H. Allen & Co., Limited, 1895. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1895. Third and Enlarged E. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Navy pictorial boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Some pages uncut. Contains black and white photographic frontispiece. Upper text block edge is rough cut. Publisher's ads to rear. Pages are fairly bright and clear with light tanning and mild foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks and grey rubbing along text block edge. Gutters are moderately cracked at pages with binding exposed. Binding is slightly loose. Slight scuffing to gutter of contents page xviii, with a blue pen mark to tile page. Occasional grey thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners, and light rubbing to surfaces. Notable fraying to upper and lower edges. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Small splits, tears and slight fraying to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean. Dark liquid dr
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690446399ADA
- Title
- The Steam Navy of England: Past, Present, and Future
- Author
- Harry Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. H. Allen & Co., Limited
- Date Published
- 1895
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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