1914
by Field-Marshal Viscount French of Ypres
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1919. hardcover. Very good. With a preface by Marshal Foch, and with a frontispiece portrait of French. Three maps in rear pocket. Quarto (approx. 6 1/3" by 19") dark red cloth covers, viii [2] 386 pages. The preface is in French, but there is an English translation in the rear of the book, as well as an index. Dark red cloth covers stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. Small scratch on top cover. Some rough openings at page edges, does not affect text. 092508D
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020014
- Title
- 1914
- Author
- Field-Marshal Viscount French of Ypres
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Quarto
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Cloth
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- New
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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...