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1878. TWO VOLUMES. BLUE CLOTH COVERS WITH DECORATIVE GILT BADGES ON FRONT AND SPINE WITH TITLES. VOLUME ONE 491 PAGES. WITH 42 PLATES AND MAPS.THE FRONTISPEICE OF THE COLOURS IS A LATER PHOTOCOPY BUT LOOKS TIDY. COVERS WORN ON EDGES, CORNERS AND SPINE. CHIPPED A LITTLE ON TOP OF SPINE. SURFACE OF COVERS BUBBLED ON THE SPINE. SOME DARKER MARKS ON REAR COVER. THERE IS A LITTLE PLAY IN THE BINDING. THERE ARE NEW END PAPERS/PASTEDOWNS. PAGES MOSTLY TIDY BUT PLATES ARE FOXED. VOLUME TWO.1879. 563 PAGES, 52 ILLUSTRATIONS INCLUDING FOLD OUTS AND COLOUR PLATES. BLUE CLOTH COVERS WORN ON EDGES AND CORNERS. CHIPPED/FRAYED AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE. SOME BLEMISHES ON THE BLUE BOARDS. NEW END PAPERS AND PASTEDOWNS. BINDING GOOD. PAGES GENERALLY GOOD BUT WITH FOXING TO THE PLATES. POSTED FROM THE UK IN 1-2 WORKING DAYS. VERY HEAVY. PLEASE CHECK POSTAGE WITH US FOR OVERSEAS OR HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS. Seller Inventory # 022469
Title: THE HISTORY OF THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY ...
Publisher: R BENTLEY AND SONS, UK
Publication Date: 1878
Binding: Hard Back
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No D/W
Seller: Steve Finer - Rare Books, Greenfield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Thick 8vo, original gilt stamped blue cloth, chromolithographic frontispiece, [xxxii], colored folding map plan, 491pp., two leaves ads; chromolithographic frontispiece, [xl], 563pp., two ad leaves. Paper labels on spine. Library blind stamp on title and on one subsequent text leaf. A profusion of plates throughout, mostly in black and white, some of them fine photomechanical images in heliotype, some map plans, many folding out. First Edition. Nearly a Very Good set. Seller Inventory # E-26/59
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