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Scipion L'Africain
by Captaine B. H. Liddell Hart
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$84.31NZ$63.23
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About This Item
Scipion L'Africain, Captaine B. H. Liddell Hart, preface et traduction du Capitaine A. Lageix, avec sept croquis. [Scipio Africanus, by Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, preface and translation by Captain A. Lageix, with seven sketches.]
Hardback, 1934, first French edition, published by Payot, Paris, 239 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 3/4" by 5 3/4" by 1". Deep red Moroccan half-leather binding and red cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine and raised bands. Cracking along most of length of front outer hinge, with upper area having come unglued, although still attached at lower end and at rear hinge. Much rubbing to hinges generally, scuffing and chipping to leather and substantial chip missing from top of spine. Otherwise, some marking and scuffing to binding, signs of shelf-wear, rubbing at edges, a little bumping and tearing to corners. A little slackness to binding and some strain to textblock but book contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed, tanned and a bit marked. Patterned endpapers with gilt detail. The odd mark to page surfaces and a few annotations in margins, with some notations to a couple of the hindmost pages. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-052
- Title
- Scipion L'Africain
- Author
- Captaine B. H. Liddell Hart
- Format/Binding
- Half leather; cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed First French Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Payot
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1934
- Pages
- 239
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- French; Scipio; Ancient Rome; Military; Strategy; Tactics; Punic Wars; Leadership
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
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Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
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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....
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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