A History of Warfare

John Keegan

Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First edition, first printing.

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Book: Fine
Jacket: Near Fine
Jacket note: The dust jacket grades Near Fine.
Our ref: RCB-58198be36385

What we checked, and where to see itRCB-58198be36385 · 9 photographs of this copy

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Copyright page states "FIRST AMERICAN EDITION" with no number line — Knopf of this era marks firsts by statement, not a number line

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ISBN 0-394-58801-0; LC 93-14884

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Jacket flap date code 11/93 (November 1993), consistent with first issue

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Quarter black cloth over tan paper boards with gilt "JK" monogram — the trade binding, not a fully-papered club board

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Work first published in Great Britain by Hutchinson, London, 1993; the Knopf is the American first, not the world first

examined on the copy in hand

Flaws, each one named

wrinkling/short closed creases at head of front jacket flap fold

see it — photograph 2

light edge wear to jacket extremities

noted on the copy in hand

This copy

First edition

What a true first shows: Hutchinson, London, 1993 (true first); Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993 is the first American edition, quarter cloth with paper boards in jacket

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.