Bonaparte in Egypt
by J. Christopher Herold
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1962. First Edition. 424 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustration plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Some page corners folded. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned.
Synopsis
The French expedition to Egypt which Bonaparte launched in 1798 was one of the most exciting, most harrowing, most futile, and yet most fruitful adventures in modern times.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1703159787ABS
- Title
- Bonaparte in Egypt
- Author
- J. Christopher Herold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Date Published
- 1962
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...