MEMORIES AND STUDIES OF WAR AND PEACE
by Forbes, Archibald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. 368 pages. Frontis;iece illustrated with b/w plate, portrait of author. Very light foxing, otherwise pages good condition. Foredges lightly foxed. Previous owner's inscription on page before title page. Brown endpapers show wear at edges and spine. Maroon cloth, gilt title on spine. Spine lightly soiled. Edges, head/tail of spine and corners worn. Corners bumped. Few chips in boards. GOOD+. 1st US Edition. Hard Cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033999
- Title
- MEMORIES AND STUDIES OF WAR AND PEACE
- Author
- Forbes, Archibald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- History, Military History
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
Biblio member since 2005
Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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