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The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo
de Sir Edward Creasy
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- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Richard Bentley, 1869. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None . The sixteenth edition in calf binding of Edward Creasy's celebrated study of the most impactful military engagements in the history of the world. Containing the story of fifteen battles which according to the author had the most significant impact on world history. With illustrations in text. Originally published in 1851. This is the sixteenth edition.In fifteen chapters featuring: The Battle of Marathon, 490 BC; Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse, 413 BC; The Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC; The Battle of the Metaurus, 207 BC; Victory of Arminius over the Roman Legions under Varus, AD 9; The Battle of Châlons, AD 451; The Battle of Tours, AD 732; The Battle of Hastings, AD 1066; Joan of Arc's Victory over the English at Orléans, AD 1429; Defeat of the Spanish Armada, AD 1588; The Battle of Blenheim, AD 1704; The Battle of Pultowa, AD 1709; Victory of the Americans over Burgoyne at Saratoga, AD 1777; The Battle of Valmy, AD 1792; The Battle of Waterloo, AD 1815. In half calf binding over marbled boards, with titles in gilt to morocco spine label, gilt tooling to spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Externally, very smart with minor shelf wear only. 'Eschola Abbat de Milton's gilt embossed bookplate to front pastedown. A. C. Woodhouse's bookplate to recto front blank leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to first and last few leaves, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 852A6
- Título
- The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo
- Autor
- Sir Edward Creasy
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Richard Bentley
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1869
- Tamaño
- 7" by 4.5"
- Palabras clave
- military history edward creasy leather bindings edward creasy
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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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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
