Wellington: The Years of the Sword
by Longford, Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper & Row Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Book Club Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, heraldic medallion blind-stamped on front cover, fore-edge deckle, brown, printed endpapers. Illustrated with 24 pages B&W reproductions on glossy paper and several maps. . The volume is in virtually perfect condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, shows moderate wear and slight chipping. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD . Book Club Edition. Photographs and Maps. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (xxiii), 548, (2) pp .
Synopsis
First published in 2001 by Sutton Publishing. Bibliography: p. 133-134.
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Details
- Seller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 26919
- Title
- Wellington: The Years of the Sword
- Author
- Longford, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Book Club Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row Publishers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- History;, Napoleon;, Duke of Wellington;, Wellington;, Arthur Wellesley;, Wellesley;, Waterloo;, Napoleonic Wars;, Wars;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Napoleon;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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.