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The British Army By A Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co, 1899. First Edition. Octavo. Frontispiece of Queen Victoria. 256pp., with an introduction by Major-General F. Maurice, illustrated with 27 full page plates of which 13 are in color, and 30 illustrations and diagrams in the text. Maj-Gen. Maurice states that while there have been numerous books written about the British Army, the author of this work deals with the subject in a manner more likely to supply what is wanted by a very large class of English readers. What has been written for a large popular and foreign clientele is sure to have been adequately stripped of such mere professional technicalities and might make it difficult for many readers, who would be frightened by any mere military text book. This volume will have been the most recent and accurate account of the army to date. Bound in a Khaki pictorial cloth over beveled boards depicting four men shooting a cannon, lettered and decorated in black, finely rebacked in brown leather, raised bands, title gilt, endpapers renewed, all edges red. A handsome copy without names, bookplates or foxing, with a note laid in from the publisher about the binding.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023259
- Title
- The British Army By A Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Uniforms Horses Arms
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
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