The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War. With Maps, Plans, etc. New Impression.
by Churchill, Winston L. Spencer
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London (Birr), Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original red cloth hard covers, with gilt titling and decoration to spine. Spine discolored, with gilt darkened. Moderate edge-wear and bumping to corners. Edges toned; handwritten date to front endpaper, with old owner's blindstamp to bottom of title-page. One leaf shows a minor wrinkle from the binding process ( not affecting the print), and now stands a little proud in text-block. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and still handsome copy. Blood portrait frontispiece, plus six maps/plans, two of which are colour fold-out. xviii,337pp..
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- Bookseller
- CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74335h
- Title
- The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War. With Maps, Plans, etc. New Impression.
- Author
- Churchill, Winston L. Spencer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- history Winston Spencer Churchill Churchilliana The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War. With Maps, Plans, etc. New Impression.
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About the Seller
CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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London (Birr), Ontario
About CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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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....
- 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...
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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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