The Eye-Witness - Being a Series of Descriptions and Sketches in Which it is Attempted to Reproduce Certain Incidents and Periods in History, as from the Testimony of a Person Present at Each
by Hilaire Belloc
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G+/N/a
- Seller
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Nelson "Personal" scenes, some imaginary, from 27 historical incidents, ranging from Caesar's invasion of Britain in BC 55 to Balfour's General Election of 1906. ND or publishing details, but foreword dated 1908. Blue covers with gilt, 284pp plus adverts. Decorated endpapers. Covers bumped and rubbed at head and foot of spine and lightly at other extrems. Pages badly yellowed, particularly at edges. Fore edge has name stamp, two previous owners' names on ffep. Front hinge cracked at title page, but holding well. Ref:104374. First Edition?. Cloth. G+/N/a. 11x16cm.
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- Bookseller
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004374
- Title
- The Eye-Witness - Being a Series of Descriptions and Sketches in Which it is Attempted to Reproduce Certain Incidents and Periods in History, as from the Testimony of a Person Present at Each
- Author
- Hilaire Belloc
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Edition
- First Edition?
- Publisher
- Nelson
- Place of Publication
- London
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Title Page
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- Fore Edge
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- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Edges
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- Cloth
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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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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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