Gun-Running and the Indian North-West Frontier
by Keppel, Arnold
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
John Murray. Used - Good. 1911. Gilt titled and stamped cloth, octavo, 214 pp., illustrated, fold-out map. Minor edge-wear to baords and spine extremities. Corners slightly bumped. Rear hinge cracked. Some discoloration to end papers. Leaves are clean and bright. Overall, good. (Subject: Central Asia.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S23870
- Title
- Gun-Running and the Indian North-West Frontier
- Author
- Keppel, Arnold
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Leaves
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.