LAFAYETTE
by Loth, David
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell & Company Ltd. (1952) 294 pp. Original blue-gray cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Faint sunning to spine and edges. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Small ad for a yard sale at bottom corner of front paste-down. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and few short tears to edges. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece of Lafayette.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8806
- Title
- LAFAYETTE
- Author
- Loth, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775 1783 AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAR OF INDEPENDENCE BIOGRAPHY LAFAYETTE MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE GILBERT DU MOTIER 1757 1834 MARIE-JOSEPH-PAUL-YVES-ROCH-GILBERT GENERALS FRENCH MILITARY OFFICERS FORMER ARISTOCRAT PRESIDENTS W
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics; Military - Revolutionary War; Presidents;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Shoemaker Booksellers
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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