London: London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1880. New Edition . Fine Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Size 7½" x 4¾", 500 pages including appendix. Condition very good, the corners and bottom edge of the cover are rubbed, the spine edges and raised bands also rubbed, prize label from Royal Agricultural college on front pastedown, else near fine, internal contents clean, complete and intact. Tan leather binding with gilt double frame on the front and back covers and the emblem of the Royal Agricultural College Cirencester in gilt on the front cover. The cover edges and inner turn-ins are decorated with tiny gilt and tooled dentelles. 5 raised bands on the spine, decorated with gilt. The title "Gleig's Life of Wellington" is on a black leather panel in the second compartment, the other compartments are filled with gilt frames and scrolls.Marbled page edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Frontispiece sketch style portrait of Wellington with a copy of his signature underneath. Copied from a drawing by Sir Thos. Lawrence P.R.A. Title page printed in red and black. Gleig served in the Peninsular Campaign under Wellington and wrote this biography after much research & with original material

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Bookseller: Lazarus Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 010518
Title: The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington
Author: G. R. Gleig, M.A
Format/Binding: Fine Binding
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: New Edition
Publisher: London. Longmans, Green, and Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1880
Keywords: THE LIFE OF ARTHUR DUKE WELLINGTON G. R. GLEIG, M.A. LONDON. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. NEW EDITION 1880 ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE CIRENCESTER
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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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...
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...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Fine Binding: An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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....