British Seamen
de David, Mathew
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- GD+/VG+/ND
- Librería
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
HARDBACK * Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. * Date of Publication: 1943* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, white and navy blue paper covered boards with an anchor design. White title to spine. Slight shelf wear to edge and corners. Slight marks to front cover. Spine faded and aged. GD+* Jacket condition: No Dust Jacket.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp and sewn binding tight. No annotation, but inscription and dedication to front paste-down and fep. Minimal paper colouration but no foxing. VG+* Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour 26 illustrations in b/w* Pages: 48 pp. text. No Index at rear. One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series. David James Mathew was born in1902 and following naval service in World War I he studied history at Oxford and gained his degree in 1923. He then studied for ordination and spent much of his life in the service of the church in London and in Africa, later as bishop in ordinary to the British Armed Forces. He wrote numerous works on history. Those who read this book will be brought near to the inmost spirit of maritime Britain. A really nice copy of the first edition in this collectable series but without dust-wrapper.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4737
- Título
- British Seamen
- Autor
- David, Mathew
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - GD+/VG+/ND
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Thus 1st. Imp.
- Editorial
- William Collins
- Lugar de publicación
- London UK 48
- Fecha de publicación
- 1943-01-01
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....