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THE FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD
by CREASY, SIR EDWARD S
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1969. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. Illustrated by Joseph Domjan. The battles are: Marathon, Syracuse, Arbela, Metaurus, Arminius, Chalons, Tours, Hastings, Orleans, Armada, Blenheim, Pultowa, Saratoga, Valmy, and Waterloo. We found two underlined passages through the text, otherwise quite clean and crisp copy. This book was first published in 1851. 211pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Black Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015019
- Title
- THE FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD
- Author
- CREASY, SIR EDWARD S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- The Collector's Library of Famous Editio
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- Demy Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- World History, Military History, Battles, Fine Binding
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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