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The Battlefields of England and More Battlefields of England
by Alfred H. Burne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$50.58NZ$37.93
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About This Item
The Battlefields of England and More Battlefields of England by Lt.-Colonel Alfred H. Burne, D.S.O.
Hardcover, 1950 and 1952, first editions, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., London; the first book contains xviii + 315 pages, with 32 maps and 9 panoramas; the second book contains xvi + 216 pages, with 18 maps and 8 panoramas.
Octavo/8vo. Measures around 8 3/4" by 5 7/8" by 1 1/8" and 3/4". Dust jackets are a bit torn and tattered with several chips out of them, with some scuffing, marking, a little discolouration on spines and a little staining. Red and green cloth bindings, slightly marked but very clean. Signs of shelf-wear. Bindings a little slack but reasonably firm. Page edges of the first book are scuffed, a bit browned and foxed, while the edges of the second book are slightly marked but very clean for age. The pages surfaces of the first book contain a little foxing, though mainly to endpapers, preliminaries and hindmost pages, while the pages surfaces of the second book are very clean. The first book contains a tipped in note of errata and addenda. Page surfaces are clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-171
- Title
- The Battlefields of England and More Battlefields of England
- Author
- Alfred H. Burne
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950, 1952
- Pages
- 315+, 216+
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Battlefields, History, War, Military, English Civil War, Battle of Hastings, Topography
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
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