The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World - from Marathon to Waterloo
by Sir Edward Creasey
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/N/a
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1909. Brown half leather with gilt and five raised bands, on blue boards with marbled edges and endpapers, 407pp with b/w illustrations inc tissue-guarded frontis of Wellington. Covers have rubbing at extrems, and 4cm at foot of spine is missing. Charming pencilled personal note on page 189, school presentation plate on front pastedown, otherwise internally very clean and tight. Overall a VG copy. Ref:103998. Third Edition Reprint. Half Leather. VG/N/a. 12x18cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003998
- Title
- The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World - from Marathon to Waterloo
- Author
- Sir Edward Creasey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Edition
- Third Edition Reprint
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
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