London, UK: Latimer House, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Cowles, Hookway. Abridged edition. 1st thus. 254pp. Dust jacket and frontispiece illustration by Hookway Cowles. 12mo. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to mildly faded spine, very slightly rubbed at edges. Internally bright, crisp and clean throughout. Neat, tight & square. Price clipped dust jacket a little rubbed & chipped at edges with tiny tears at head and heel of spine. Dust jacket now protected in archival-quality Mylar wrapper. A nice copy of this unusual edition of Henty's fictionalised recounting of Marlborough's wars.

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Bookseller: BookAddiction (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000163
Title: Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
Author: Henty, G A
Illustrator: Cowles, Hookway
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Latimer House
Place of Publication: London, UK
Date Published: 1953
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: War, War Fiction, G A Henty Classics

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