Imperial Defence and Closer Union: A Short Record of the Life-Work of the Late Sir John Colomb
by Howard D'Egville
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
P. S. King & Son Ltd., 1913. Hardcover. Good. 1913. No edition remarks. 312 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with minimal plate to front pastedown. Pages remain bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Moderate tanning to board edges. Heavy tanning to spine, which has crushing and wear to ends. Small area of loss to head of spine.
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- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1691737142ALK
- Title
- Imperial Defence and Closer Union: A Short Record of the Life-Work of the Late Sir John Colomb
- Author
- Howard D'Egville
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- P. S. King & Son Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1913
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- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...