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The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World: From Marathon to Waterloo
de Sir Edward Creasy
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1886. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". None. A smartly bound thirty-second edition of this insightful history on the great battles of the world. Thirty-second edition, originally published 1851. A detailed commentary on important historical battles from across the world, including: Marathon, Arbela, Chalons, Hastings, Orleans, Blenheim, Waterloo, and more. Written by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, an English historian and jurist. Bound by Bickers & Son, Leicester. Bound in full red calf. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine with minor loss to the head and tail. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the endpapers. School prize plate tipped in to the front endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Bound by Bickers & Son, Leicester. Very Good
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- Librería
- Rooke Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 889T3
- 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 - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Richard Bentley and Son
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1886
- Tamaño
- 8.5" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- Fifteen Decisive Battles World Decisive Waterloo Creasy
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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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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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
