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The V C: Its Heroes and Their Valour, From Personal Accounts, Official Records and Regimental Tradition
by Parry, D H
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Cassell and Company, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Wood, Stanley L. New and enlarged edition. xii, [4], 520pp, with monochrome plate frontispiece and seven further plate illustrations. Bound in full tan tree leather, with gilt decorations front, spine and rear, five raised bands, gilt titles on black leather spine label, arms of Bridlington Grammar School on front panel. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Prize presentation plate, indicating the volume was once presented to H G Garland in 1915 by Bridlington Grammar School, loosely laid in. 12mo. Boards are bright, clean and crisp, just a little sunned over the spine and lightly rubbed on extreme corners and spine tips. Hint of toning on prelims, else internally neat, clean bright and tight. A lovely, handsome volume. A comprehensive account of those awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in the face of the enemy to members of the British Armed Forces.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023861
- Title
- The V C: Its Heroes and Their Valour, From Personal Accounts, Official Records and Regimental Tradition
- Author
- Parry, D H
- Illustrator
- Wood, Stanley L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Military Medals, Victoria Cross, Military History, Medals, British Army, Leather Bindings, Beautiful Books
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Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
Glossary
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Sunned
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