NAVAL TEMPLE: Containing a Complete History of the Battles Fought by the Navy of the United States from its Establishment in 1794, to the Present Time
by Horace Kimball
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Fair with no dust jacket. 1816. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First printing. Rebound with brown covers and gilt lettering and symbols on spine. Hard cover published by author in 1816. No dust jacket. Pages are heavily foxed, some are tanned, and bottoms of pages in first part of book have some water damage. Pages in last part of book have some water damage and stains along side edges. The author's name is written on title page. Book is in acceptable condition. 8vo, 258 pages plus illustrations in back, 1 lb. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258 pages .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MSK10264
- Title
- NAVAL TEMPLE: Containing a Complete History of the Battles Fought by the Navy of the United States from its Establishment in 1794, to the Present Time
- Author
- Horace Kimball
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Date Published
- 1816
- Keywords
- American History, Military History, Navy, Warship, Naval Warfare
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Lancaster, Texas
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Acceptable
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Edges
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