FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD: From Marathon to Waterloo
by Creasy, E. S
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: American Book Exchange, 1881. 298 pp. Original green cloth covers, moderately soiled and rubbed w/ wear to extremities. Spine a bit sunned. Corners bumped. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Edges of leaves age toned.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M2743MS
- Title
- FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD: From Marathon to Waterloo
- Author
- Creasy, E. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- American Book Exchange
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY BATTLES CAMPAIGNS BATTLE OF MARATHON B. C. 490 DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE B. C. 413 BATTLE OF ARBELA B. C. 331 BATTLE OF THE METAURUS B. C. 207 VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN LEGIONS UNDER VARUS A. D. 9 BATTLE OF CHALONS A. D
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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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