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The Navy in the War of William III,1689-1697: Its State and Direction
by John Ehrman
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge at the University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. First Edition. 710 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Ownership plate belonging to Helen and Michael Oppenheimer to front pastedown. Pages are clean overall, with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Faint dust marks to bottom edge of text block. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Faint white marks and scratches overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1712053567BLG
- Title
- The Navy in the War of William III,1689-1697: Its State and Direction
- Author
- John Ehrman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cambridge at the University Press
- Date Published
- 1953
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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