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THE GREAT SIEGES OF HISTORY- A New Edition, with the addition of Delhi and Lucknow by Captain Thomas Spankie (Bengal Retired List)
by William Robson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
€141.73€113.39
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About This Item
London- UK: Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1859. THE GREAT SIEGES OF HISTORY- William Robson- Illustrated with Engravings- A New Edition, with the addition of Delhi and Lucknow by Captain Thomas Spankie (Bengal Retired List).. Routledge, Warne & Routledge- London-UK-1859-1st Edition- Hardcover:-12mo- VG/ no dj as issued- original and true 1st Edition with mauve cloth and gilt titles on cover and spine, with gilt crest of Brighton College- 681pp + 2pp ads are clean, no tears or writing- 7 full page engravings + frontis in b&w- any advertised books with less than these 8 gravures is either missing one or is not a 1st Edition- Book is jsut what it says...and it covers over 100 of the greatest sieges throughout history- Very scarce this nice!- Only 8 World cat holdings- Non-fiction-history-war-sieges-illustrated (3107) . 1st Edition-Revised. Illustrated Cloth. VG/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3107
- Title
- THE GREAT SIEGES OF HISTORY- A New Edition, with the addition of Delhi and Lucknow by Captain Thomas Spankie (Bengal Retired List)
- Author
- William Robson
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition-Revised
- Publisher
- Routledge, Warne & Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London- UK
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- Non-fiction-history-war-sieges-illustrated
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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- 12mo
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