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Iron Chancellor: Otto Von Bismarck
by Alfred Apsler
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bailey Bros.& Swinfen Ltd, 1972. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1972. First Edition. 189 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated and laminated dust jacket over yellow paper covered boards with gilt lettering. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Light foxing, tanning and staining to pages; more prominent to text block edges. Mild creasing to gutters and hinges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Mild tanning and scuffing overall.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1673466633LEE
- Title
- Iron Chancellor: Otto Von Bismarck
- Author
- Alfred Apsler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bailey Bros.& Swinfen Ltd
- Date Published
- 1972
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
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