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Warrior: In South Africa, Matthew Hervey Clashes with the Warrior King of the Zulus
by Mallinson, Allan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0593058143
- ISBN 13
- 9780593058145
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Bantam Press, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9" tall. First edition, first impression. x, 340pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine; map endpapers. Signed by author on title page. 8vo. Rubbed spine heel. Text block edges starting the tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.
Synopsis
Allan Mallinson was a serving cavalry officer. He is the author of Light Dragoons , a history of four regiments of British Cavalry one of which he commanded, and a regular reviewer for The Times, The Spectator and The Literary Review. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025050
- Title
- Warrior: In South Africa, Matthew Hervey Clashes with the Warrior King of the Zulus
- Author
- Mallinson, Allan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0593058143
- ISBN 13
- 9780593058145
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9" tall
- Keywords
- South Africa, African History, Zululand
- X weight
- 0.9 kg
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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- 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...
- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- Price Clipped
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
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