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SWORD OF HONOUR. A Final version of the novels - Men at Arms. - Officers and Gentlemen. - Unconditional Surrender
by WAUGH. EVELYN
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Chapman & Hall. London. 1965. FIRST REVISED, SINGLE VOLUME EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.5 inches). A fine copy finely bound for Asprey of London in recent half green morocco leather, spine with raised bands, each decorated with gilt piping. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Green cloth on boards. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Aside from a little uniform fading to the spine and some minor rubbing to a couple of edges this is a near Fine copy. First printing of this edition, Edited by Waugh and with a new preface by him, to make the three novels read as a single story in an attractive leather binding by a master bookbinder.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9778
- Title
- SWORD OF HONOUR. A Final version of the novels - Men at Arms. - Officers and Gentlemen. - Unconditional Surrender
- Author
- WAUGH. EVELYN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall. London. 1965
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine bindings; Modern First Editions.;
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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