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Historical Monuments and Battlefields in Natal and Zululand
by Smail, J L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
Howard Timmins. First volume in the series. Numbered copy 696 of 1500 copies. Epic battles between the Zulu, British and Dutch in the mid-19th Century. With maps, illustrations and photographs of the battles. Foxing to front and rear prelims. Light toning to the edges of all pages. Previous owner's name on front fep. Contents clean and firmly bound. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair to poor. Edge-wear to all extremities. A number of open and closed tears to top edge and spine. 2 x 12cm closed tear to rear cover. Lacks pieces of the spine. Sunning. Some foxing to covers and verso. Binding: Hardcover. Blue boards with gilt.
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- Bookseller
- Quagga Books
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306583
- Title
- Historical Monuments and Battlefields in Natal and Zululand
- Author
- Smail, J L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Howard Timmins
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Anglo-Boer War;
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About the Seller
Quagga Books
Biblio member since 2018
Cape Town
About Quagga Books
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- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
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