Michael Joseph 1957. FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt naval equip't motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 255pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & boards with some surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, previous owner's name in ink & bookseller's sm stamp to front pastedown, sm inscription in felt pen to half title page, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with some loss & tape repair, light tanning & soiling to both internal & external sides)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 248864
Title: The Naval War of 1812
Author: FORESTER, C. S
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Michael Joseph 1957
Keywords: first edition history navy naval military nautical maritime war politics 1812

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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...
Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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...
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...
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Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...