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Marlborough: His Life and Times: Book Two Consisting of Volumes III and IV of the Original Work
by Winston S Churchill
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George G Harrap and Co, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. First Edition Thus. 1078 pages. Quarter bound blue leather with beige cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece with folded maps throughout. Gilt top text block edge. Marble endpapers and pastedowns. Pages remain bright and clear with mild tanning. Binding remains firm. Small tears and creases with occasional chips to edges of some pages. Text is clear and unaffected. Folded maps are bright and clear with minor creasing and occasional tearing. Faint black marks to fore edge of text block. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Brown markings to both boards with faint scratches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1669901016ANA
- Title
- Marlborough: His Life and Times: Book Two Consisting of Volumes III and IV of the Original Work
- Author
- Winston S Churchill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George G Harrap and Co
- Date Published
- 1947
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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