The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers: Volume One
by Porter, Major-General W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chatham, UK: The Institution of Royal Engineers. Bound clean, crisp red cloth, with bright gilt lettering to spine, this hardcover Reprint is Vg in slightly torn and repaired wrapper (nothing missing).This is a 1951 reprint of the 1889 First Edition. XV1/553pp with index, 21 chapters. appendix on Royal Warrants, 4 portraits, 7 sketch plans, and 6 woodcuts. Significant details of Engineers in the following campaigns/wars: China War 1857, Indian Mutiny 1857, Russian War 1855, Second American War 1812, Sieges of Badajoz 1811, Peninsular War 1809,Spanish Succession 1702,Siege of Gibraltar 1779 etc etc. Clean endpapers, wrapper spine slightly sunned, otherwise a very nice copy indeed!. . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1951.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003980
- Title
- The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers: Volume One
- Author
- Porter, Major-General W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Institution of Royal Engineers
- Place of Publication
- Chatham, UK
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- The History of the Corps of Engineers Volume One, Major General W. Porter, Corps Histories, British Army History, Royal Engineers
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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