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Wellington: Being an Account of the Life & Achievement of Arthur Wellesley
de Richard Aldington
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed/Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: William Heinemann, 1946. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this biography of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, written by Richard Aldington. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, sixteen plates, and nine maps. Collated complete. The life of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and British Tory politician who served twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom. He was considered one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain. Written by Richard Aldington was an English writer and poet who was an early associate of the Imagist movement. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and a small mark to the front board. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd small closed tear. The odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 885T33
- Título
- Wellington: Being an Account of the Life & Achievement of Arthur Wellesley
- Autor
- Richard Aldington
- Ilustrador
- Not Stated
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- William Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1946
- Tamaño
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- Wellington Account Life Achievement Account Aldington
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Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
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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- 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....
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
