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His Royal Highness The Duke Of Connaught And Strathearn A Life and Intimate Study
by Aston Major-General Sir George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, England: George G. Harrap & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Cloth/ Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Some rubbing on the cover and spine, spine ends and corners show some wear, but book is overall in good condition. Some pages are deckled on the fore text block as a result of being seperated. The interior is clean & bright. A frontispiece of the Duke, with 32 black & white plates throughout the book. Written with the assistance of Evelyn Graham. "The Duke was the last surviving son of Queen Victoria and often represented his brother, Edward VII and nephew, George V. He was married to a Prussian Princess." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 363 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4615
- Title
- His Royal Highness The Duke Of Connaught And Strathearn A Life and Intimate Study
- Author
- Aston Major-General Sir George
- Format/Binding
- Cloth/ Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Company
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Connaught Duke Of
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Royalty; Europe; Biography, Royalty;
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Vars, Ontario
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Glossary
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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