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The School of Fencing, with a General Explanation of the Principal Attitudes and Positions Peculiar to the Art | with Hungarian and Highland Broad Sword and The Angelo Cutlass Exercises
by Domenico Angelo, Henry Angelo [Etchings and Engravings by Thomas Rowlandson]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- Seller
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Rochester, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Land's End Press, 1974. Hardcover. Good+/Good. Scarce edition. From dust Jacket: "Here, in one volume, are facsimiles of three rare and valuable works of fencing by the noted eighteenth century fencing masters Domenico and Henry Angelo." Hard back binding in publisher's original crimson cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Landscape 6½'' x 9¼''. Contains printed pages of text with full-page monochrome etchings and engravings throughout.Very Good condition book with minor rubbing of the cloth along the spine. Good condition dust jacket with some damage. Not price clipped.Names stamped on First page. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection.
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- Bookseller
- The Bookery
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000652
- Title
- The School of Fencing, with a General Explanation of the Principal Attitudes and Positions Peculiar to the Art | with Hungarian and Highland Broad Sword and The Angelo Cutlass Exercises
- Author
- Domenico Angelo, Henry Angelo [Etchings and Engravings by Thomas Rowlandson]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Land's End Press
- Date Published
- 1974
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Bookery
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Rochester, Vermont
About The Bookery
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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- 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...
- 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....
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