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Scapegoats of the Empire: The True Story of Breaker Morant's Bushveldt Carbineers
by Witton, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0207146667
- ISBN 13
- 9780207146664
- Seller
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. Book was first published in 1907; this is a 1982 re-issue. This edition includes a well-researched afterword by Geoffrey Embleton presenting some startling evidence in the form of a letter from Witton to his defence counsel, that was not opened until 1970. Brown hard cover with white titling on spine and front, decorative border around titling on front, brown end papers, illustrated with black and white photographs, 247 pages. Cover has light edge wear, a portion of upper edge slightly sunned, a small, pale mark on upper text block edge, light crease at lower corners of pages 166-178, a number has been masked over on rear fixed end paper, spine very slightly cocked. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, spine and upper edges slightly sunned. This is a handsome volume - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Sheep Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014994
- Title
- Scapegoats of the Empire: The True Story of Breaker Morant's Bushveldt Carbineers
- Author
- Witton, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0207146667
- ISBN 13
- 9780207146664
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY, AUSTRALIA,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
Terms of Sale
Black Sheep Books
Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
About the Seller
Black Sheep Books
Biblio member since 2004
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
About Black Sheep Books
We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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