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WAR CHRONICLE
by Pim, Captain Bedford
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Provost & Co, 1873. with memoirs of the Emperor Napoleon III., the Emperor-King William I., map, and official documents, From the Breaking out of the War to the Final Evacuation of French Territory by the German Troops. Pp. 128(last blank), folding map as frontispiece, title page illustration; small demy 8vo; green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt & blind, the cloth flecked and edges lightly worn with a few small chips in lower joint; a.e.g.; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, leaves lightly browned, with some slight soiling and foxing, more so on map and title page; Provost & Co., London, n.d.[1873]. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his bookplate on upper pastedown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 156411
- Title
- WAR CHRONICLE
- Author
- Pim, Captain Bedford
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Provost & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1873
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Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
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About the Seller
Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
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Melbourne, Victoria
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Browsers are always welcome, and we are happy to provide personal service when required, including assistance in the selection of gifts for all occasions.
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- Title Page
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- Leaves
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- Cloth
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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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
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