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IAN HAMILTON'S MARCH. Together with extracts from the diary of Lieutenant H. Frankland, a prisoner of war at Pretoria
by CHURCHILL, WINSTON. S
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1900. SECOND EDITION, published November 1900, the month after the October first edition. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). xiv, 409pp. Portrait frontis, with tissue guard, and ten maps & plans throughout, including large fold-out colour map at end. A fine clean, bright copy, recently bound in half dark blue morocco. Spine with raised bands, decorated with gilt piping. Navy blue cloth to boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A fine copy. The binding isn't signed but is certainly the work of a master bookbinder.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10399
- Title
- IAN HAMILTON'S MARCH. Together with extracts from the diary of Lieutenant H. Frankland, a prisoner of war at Pretoria
- Author
- CHURCHILL, WINSTON. S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1900
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Winston Churchill; Fine bindings;
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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