Search Results: heroes of the united service by valentine l

F. Warne, 1900-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Boards are red, rather than blue as in picture but lettering and gilt ornamentation is exactly the same--the gilt on all the edges is still bright. Gutters are cracked, unfortunately, but the text block is firm. 256 p., immaculate and unmarked anywhere, not even on end pages although there is faint staining on lower edge of back end page. The numerous engravings, many full page, are flawless and unfoxed. Fine paper, only mildly age-toned. 8"x10".

Thick Lge. 8vo; pp. viii, 248, 256; endpapers, colour frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated title page, 34 f/p b/w illustrations, numerous other b/w illustrations throughout, original blue cloth, title in black on front and spine with gilt illustrations and page edges, cracked front hinge, inscription and light foxing on blank page at front, spine bumped with some silverfish damage to cloth, a good copy. London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co., n.d. [c.1900].

London: Frederick Warne. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition . Very Good. pp248, 256. Quarto. Blue cloth binding with gilt decoration (ship under sail, and flag bearer, front; pensive explorer on spine). Light rubbing to corners. First half is heroes of the army, ending with defence of Rourke's Drift; second part deals with the navy and ends with the disappearance of the Franklin Expedition. Illustrations and facsimiles throughout.

, viii 1-256 pages, contains 2 coloured plates (title page and frontispiece), 34 black and white steel plates and over 100 black and white steel illustrations