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With The British Legion: A Story of The Carlist Wars
by Henty, G.A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
With The British Legion: A Story of The Carlist Wars, Henty, G.A. Published by Blackie and Son Limited, London, 1903. 12mo up to 7½" tall.,, 384pp. with 10 full-page illustrations by Wal Paget; with 32pp. rear publisher's ads, some with full page illustrations. Blue cloth boards with gilt, red, brown, and black illustrations to front and spine. Boards have rubbing to edges, light spine lean, front hinge lightly weakened. Prize label to free endpaper, foxing to verso of frontispiece; an occasional smudge mark in text. In good to very good condition.
The Carlist Wars were a series of civil wars that took place in Spain during the 19th century.
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- Bookseller
- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4771
- Title
- With The British Legion: A Story of The Carlist Wars
- Author
- Henty, G.A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- COLLECTIBLE CHILDREN; HISTORY AND POLITICS, MILITARY;
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About the Seller
Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
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North Vancouver, British Columbia
About Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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...
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