Robert Hale Ltd, 1972-07-27. 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG/VG+/VG+. Box X38 HARDBACK ""BIOGRAPHY,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1972.* Pub: Robert Hale & Company.* Binding and cover condition: Light red cloth covered boards. Gilt titles to maroon spine label with gilt frame. No bumps or rubs. Slight fade to top edges, minimal shelf wear to edges, head and tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated jacket showing a painting the Earl of Cardigan on horseback in battle. Not price clipped showing a shelf price of £3.20. Some shelf wear & marks to top & bottom edges and to head and tail of spine. Small tear at head of spine (rear) now re-inforced. VG.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. Some age and marks to all edges, no other visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: A number of b/w photo-illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 242 pp. text. xv pp. bibliography, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: James Thomas Brudenell, 7th. Earl of Cardigan, who led the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, has had a consistently bad press. The campaign against him – for it assumed such proportions – began early and gathered weight throughout his lifetime. The case against him rests largely upon a series of incidents that have never before been properly examined. Piers Compton goes into much detail that has previously been ignored & he also tells of the women who accompanied the army to the Crimean War.* A NEAR VG+ copy of the 1st./1st. thus with minor age and wear reducing it to VG.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9976
Title: Cardigan of Balaclava
Author: Compton., Piers
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG+/VG+
Edition: 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0709131046
ISBN 13: 9780709131045
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1972-07-27
Pages: 257
X weight: g

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