John Murray, 1879. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1879. New Edition. 469 pages. Full bound green leather. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Severe cracking to hinges causing front board to be detached from text block and spine. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with chipping to leather to spine edges. Front board detached from spine. Wear marks overall.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1695047123ABS
Title: English Battles and Sieges in the Peninsula
Author: Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Napier
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: John Murray
Date Published: 1879

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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"...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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....
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...