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MARLBOROUGH: His Life and Times
by Churchill, Winston S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London;1933-38: George C. Harrap & Co. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Royal Octavo. first impressions of Churchill's biography of his ancestor, the first Duke of Marlborough. Four volumes in very good first issue dust jackets, showing the price of 25' on the front flaps. Publisher's original maroon cloth over beveled boards, armorial gilt crest on front boards, spine printed in gilt; top edges gilt. Portrait frontis in each volume, 14 letters in facsimile, 99 plates and 182 maps, some folding. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind, with the exception of volume III, which has an owner inscription on ffep: "Anthony Poole / October 10th 1937 / from his wife." Dust jackets are very good to fine, with volume I showing 1/8 inch loss near center of rear spine fold; slight darkening to spines.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09610
- Title
- MARLBOROUGH: His Life and Times
- Author
- Churchill, Winston S
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George C. Harrap & Co
- Place of Publication
- London;1933-38
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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