Savo: The Incredible Naval Debacle off Guadalcanal
by Richard F. Newcomb
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Constable & Company Ltd, UK, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Jacket enclosed in protective cover; has small chips and creases from wear; moderately soiled. Bumping on board corners and a dent on the top edge. Size: 8vo Octavo (8 to 9 inches). Text body clean and un-marked. Binding tight, covers & spine fully intact. Edges slightly browned / foxed. Now protected in non-adhesive clear wrap..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shiny Owl Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21270
- Title
- Savo: The Incredible Naval Debacle off Guadalcanal
- Author
- Richard F. Newcomb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Constable & Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- BZDB157 Military & Warfare; Military & Warfare::World War Two; Richard F. Newcomb Savo: The Incredible Naval Debacle off Guadalcanal
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About the Seller
Shiny Owl Books
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Mona Vale, New South Wales
About Shiny Owl Books
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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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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