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WAR IMPRESSIONS. Being a Record in Colour by Mortimer Menpes
by Menpes, Mortimer. Transcribed by Dorothy Menpes
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1901. First Edition. hardcover. Very good. Menpes, Mortimer. Large octavo (approx. 6 1/4" wide by 8 3/8" tall) green cloth covers with gilt titles, white rules and decorations on the top cover and spine. Top edge gilt. xiv + 255 [1] pages. 99 plates, most in color. Each plate has a tissue guard with description of the plate printed on it. Seven facsimiles letters, etc (including fold-out diagram of the Boer Plan of the Battle of Magersfontein). Light scattered foxing throughout, and some browning on endpapers. Cover corners a bit worn, still very good. Boer War, South African War, Transvaal, South Africa. 090617A
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020933
- Title
- WAR IMPRESSIONS. Being a Record in Colour by Mortimer Menpes
- Author
- Menpes, Mortimer. Transcribed by Dorothy Menpes
- Illustrator
- Menpes, Mortimer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Deerfield, Illinois
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Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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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