Under the Meteor Flag: the Log of a Midshipman During the French Revolutionary War
by Harry Collingwood
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sampson Low, Marston and Co Undated, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 326 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be slightly loose. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild sunning to spine and edges.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1642147914MEP
- Title
- Under the Meteor Flag: the Log of a Midshipman During the French Revolutionary War
- Author
- Harry Collingwood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston and Co Undated
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...