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The Leaguer of Ladysmith. November 2nd, 1899, to February 28th, 1900
by Dixon, Captain Clive
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Tall 8vo, oblong. [235 x 300 mm]. Pictorial paper boards, beveled edges, with green cloth spine strip. Floral patterned endpapers, with previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. The boards a little darkened and scuffed, with a few very faint and small stains, the corners and edges with light wear, upper fore-edge corners with a harder bump. The text block is a little shaky but still tight and functional. Complete with 18 plates in colour by the author, Captain Dixon of the 16th Lancers, illustrating the siege of Ladysmith with accompanying text. Plates throughout are clean, overall a good clean copy.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43075
- Title
- The Leaguer of Ladysmith. November 2nd, 1899, to February 28th, 1900
- Author
- Dixon, Captain Clive
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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