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THE BATTLE CRUISERS AT THE ACTION OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
by Verner, Rudolf (edited by Willoughby Verner) (with a Memoir of the Author by Harold Hodge)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 1920. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 1920. Hardcover, no dust jacket. 85pp Plates include 5 watercolours and Black white photographs, maps and plans. The blue cloth boards are marked with scuffs and frays around edges particularly at corners. There is a part of the spine missing which also is worn. Inside previous owners bookplate, a newspaper cutting about the unveiling of the Falkland islands battle memorial (circa 1927). Foxing throughout ( more prevalent at the beginning of book). the binding is cracked in several places but pages secure.
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- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NK-WC7I-KYZS
- Title
- THE BATTLE CRUISERS AT THE ACTION OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
- Author
- Verner, Rudolf (edited by Willoughby Verner) (with a Memoir of the Author by Harold Hodge)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Bale, Sons & Danielsson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- history1
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About the Seller
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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