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IAN HAMILTON'S MARCH
by Churchill, Winston fx
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE book. 1st Am ed. 7.5"x5", 409pp.
- Seller
-
Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY, London, Bombay.: Longmans Green. FINE book. 1st Am ed. 7.5"x5", 409pp.. 1900. 1st Am ed.. Hardcover. FINE book. Bright as new gilt lettering on ribbed red cloth. Flawless cover BUT: tips & spine corners rubbed the tiniest bit. . AS NEW inside other than a bkplt. In addition to the bookplate, three minor flaws. (1) Cover tips & spine corners & spine lower edge rubbed a minute amount. No actual wear or the tiniest bit of fraying. (Tips perfectly flat and square) (2) Light stain on text block upper fore edge. Only the surface so effected. (3). The fold out map has a 1/4" tear in the inner fold and the outer fold has been incorrectly folded so 1/8" stands proud of the text block top edge. Flaws clearly shown in pix. (For three more pix go to BIBLIO) Gilt top edge bright & shiny as new. Internally AS NEW. No trace of aging or foxing. Lastly, book stays tightly closed when stood on its spine. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001037
- Title
- IAN HAMILTON'S MARCH
- Author
- Churchill, Winston fx
- Illustrator
- Fold out map.Frontis. Plans.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE book. 1st Am ed. 7.5"x5", 409pp.
- Edition
- 1st Am ed.
- Publisher
- Longmans Green
- Place of Publication
- NY, London, Bombay.
- Date Published
- 1900
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FINE book. Bright as new gilt lettering on ribbed red cloth. Flawless, cover BUT: tips & spine corners rubbed the tiniest bit., bkplt
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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