Life In The Ranks
de Taylor, Serjeant-Major [William]
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London: T. C. Newby; Parry, Blenkarn And Co, 1847. Second Edition. HB. Full blind ruled tan leather, gilt lettering on brown title label on spine with 4 raised bands and gilt decorated panels, 8vo, 325 pp., all edges of text block marbled, marbled end papers. Owners bookplate on front paste-down, dated 1847, no marks in book, pages clean with no foxing. Title page creased at bottom. Covers show light edge wear, binding tight. Uncommon account of service in the British Army by an enlisted man. William Taylor was born in 1805 in London and enlisted in the British Army in 1825, serving in the 4th Light Dragoons. He served in India from 1825 to 1842, and participated in the First Afgan War. Book condition VG.
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- Librería
- Parker's Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- MV8097
- Título
- Life In The Ranks
- Autor
- Taylor, Serjeant-Major [William]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- HB
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- Second Edition
- Encuadernación
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- T. C. Newby; Parry, Blenkarn And Co
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1847
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
