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History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France from the year 1807 to the year 1814: (Complete 3 Volume set)
by W.F.P. Napier
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882. Reprint . Very Good. 5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 18 cm). Complete three volume set. Full calf leather bindings. Spines with five raised bands, morocco title and volume labels, gilt decorated compartments. Marbled page edges, marbled endpapers. Gilt border to boards, gilt decorated board edges, blind tooled turn-ins. Light marking to boards, slight rubbing to edges. Small tear to leather on front board of Volume III. Front joint of Volume I has been reinforced with a linen strip. Good solid bindings with no cracking to joints. Volume II has heavy foxing to half title page and title page plus patches of foxing throughout the text. Volumes I and III have a little light foxing. Previous owner's name to leading blank in each volume (dated 1956). An attractive prize binding set with gilt armorial to front board of Volume I (Birkenhead School) and prize bookplate to front pastedown endpaper of Volume I (dated 1885). Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £16.05; USA £30.20; Oceania £32.85; Rest of World £27.05. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 18 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xxii, [2], 487; xviii, [2], 492; xci, [1] (blank), 491, [1]
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1222E045
- Title
- History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France from the year 1807 to the year 1814: (Complete 3 Volume set)
- Author
- W.F.P. Napier
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1882
- Size
- 5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 18 cm)
- Keywords
- Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon, Duke of Wellington, Peninsular War, Military
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings; Military;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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