LOW,LIEUTENANT (Late) H.M Indian Navy.,CHARLES R[athbone] :: THE GREAT BATTLES OF THE BRITISH NAVY,From the Earliest Period Down to the Present Time

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LOW,LIEUTENANT (Late) H.M Indian Navy.,CHARLES R[athbone] : : THE GREAT BATTLES OF THE BRITISH NAVY,From the Earliest Period Down to the Present Time

LONDON.GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,Nd,c1872.

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UK,ex-lib 12mo HB,1st edn.[Not dated (Nd,nd) to title-page,but a dated preface - 1872,so assumed 1st edn,as no contra-indications.] No owner inscrptn,but an ex-lib issue (Plymouth Public Library - but in publisher's original cloth); with a couple of Library bookplates pasted to front pastedown.A red ink 'Withdrawn From Plymouth Library Services' rectangular stamp,along with a black ink circular 'Devon Library Services' stamp,to the front free endpaper.The only other library notations/indications include the residue of previously attempted removal of white tippexed numbers to foot of spine/backstrip; with an alpha-numerical library notation/indication and another circular black ink 'Devon Library Sevices' library stamp to recto of title-page at it's top+bottom edges respectively.Top edges dark (previously coloured or gilt oxidised (?),fore-edges aged - as usual/normal - but to a much lesser degree and therefore much brighter; contents bright,tight,clean and virtually foxing/foxed,spot free,no dog-ear reading creass to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Only foxing/spotting that is present is off-set from rear endpaper to last page's lower corner - body of text unaffected.Bright,crisp,clean,bevelled and sharp-cornered boards,with publisher's original,dark green cloth with black ink+gilt tooled decoration to upper bd and continuation to spine/backstrip,with pale yellow endpapers,with lightly cracked front hinge.Rear board; blind-tooled,triple line-edged borders without ink or gilt,and the rear free endpaper showing residue remains from label/sticker/bar-code(?) removal. Sympathetic restoration of endpapers would suit.Faint residue of removed tippexed numbers at foot of spine/backstrip,leaving a fainter green smudge.No other library indicators apart from those already described. UK,ex-lib 12mo HB,1st edn,vi-xvipp+2-496pp [paginated]includes author preface,contents list/table,and 30 chapters (covering naval battles 885-1872.).Plus [unpaginated]; tissue-guarded colour chromolithographic frntis and seven other chromolithographs - without tissue-guards (as issued) - interspersed throughout the text and the book,title-page and dedication. Since April,2013,the UK Post Office has increased it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the heavier weight/value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,ex-lib 8vo HB,1st edn.

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