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The Life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington
by G. R. Gleig
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , 1892. Leather. Near Fine. 7" by 5". None . A lovely leather-bound edition of this biographical study of Arthur Wellesley by G. R. Gleig. Biography of Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, one of the leading political and military figures of nineteenth century Britain, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He is also remembered as one of the commanders who ended the Napoleonic Wars when Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in 1815. Written by G. R. Gleig. A new edition. Rebound in beautiful full straight up grain morocco binding with five raised bands, gilt tooling to extremities, gilt to edges. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to extremities. Previous owner's gift inscription to recto front blank leaf, undated. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to first and last few leaves only, pages otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 843A4
- Title
- The Life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington
- Author
- G. R. Gleig
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 7" by 5"
- Keywords
- biography arthur wellesley wellington arthur wellesley
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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"...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
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