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The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World; from Marathon to Waterloo
by Creasy, E. S
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1851. Previous owner's ink signature on title page. original boards embossed in blind with gilt vignette on the front cover. Aged and moderately foxed end papers and textblock. Spine extremities, moderatley worn and faded. Sunned spine, bumped corners. 364p., plus about a dozen pages of ads.. Brown, Blind-Embossed Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SJ3346
- Title
- The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World; from Marathon to Waterloo
- Author
- Creasy, E. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1851
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Military History, Battles, Fifteen Decisive Battles, War, Armed Conflict
- Bookseller catalogs
- War;
Terms of Sale
Clausen Books, RMABA
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
Established July 1, 1946. Member- Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Now exclusively on-line. Used - Old - Rare - Out-of-print - Antiquarian; CERTIFIED APPRAISALS * Visit our homepage at www.clausenbooks.com
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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