London: James Field and Co, 1855. Brown leather scuffed and rubbed to spine and corners. Marbled boards rubbed with chipped edges. Front hinge cracked, bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing and browning throughout but generally pages are clean, textblock firm... Half-Leather. Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo.

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Bookseller: Bookcase (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003921
Title: The Lives of Our Heroes of the Crimea
Author: Ryan, George
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Plus
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: James Field and Co
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1855
Bookseller catalogs: Military;
Size: 12mo

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A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.

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Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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...
Marbled boards: ...
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.
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....
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...