The World Crisis 1915
by CHURCHILL, The Rt, Hon. WINSTON S
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Thornton Butterworth 1923. FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, 557pp, folding maps, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate chafing & light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm ink markings to ffep, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, minor archival repair to pgs 531-33)
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- Title
- The World Crisis 1915
- Author
- CHURCHILL, The Rt, Hon. WINSTON S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thornton Butterworth 1923
- Keywords
- first editions Winston Churchill early 20th twentieth century history
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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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
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