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THE BOOK OF THE MEDIEVAL KNIGHT
by TURNBULL. Stephen
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517558637
- ISBN 13
- 9780517558638
- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Crown, 1985. FINE condition in NEAR FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1985. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. AS NEW, bound in black cloth with black endpapers and black pictorial wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Dust jacket has small closed tear at spine heel, light rubbing to cover and light edge wear. 'Explores Medieval warfare, the knights and their families' rise and fall from power, their class and their exploits on the battlefields.' Complemented by more than 200 illustrations and photographs of battle sites, armour and costumes.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- SCENE OF THE CRIME ®
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000130
- Title
- THE BOOK OF THE MEDIEVAL KNIGHT
- Author
- TURNBULL. Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517558637
- ISBN 13
- 9780517558638
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- NOISBN, Hmmm, Knights Templar, Medieval Knight, King Arthur, Battle Sites, Knights Armor, Crusades, Scene Of The Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- HMMM!; AUTHOR S~T~U;
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About the Seller
SCENE OF THE CRIME ®
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Sherman Oaks, California
About SCENE OF THE CRIME ®
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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