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Historical Record of the 14th (King's) Hussars from A.D. 1715 to A.D. 1900
by Hamilton, Colonel Henry Blackburne
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans Green and Co, 1901. First edition. Hard cover in original decorated cloth. Published London: Longmans Green and Co., 1901. Thick small 4to., 7 1/2" x 9 1/2", xxxi+632pp., illus. color frontis and 14 full-page tissue guarded color plates, 33 full-page photogravure plates, 2 photographic plates and 9 maps & plans (some folding). Bound in original quarter yellow and blue cloth, gilt titles and crests, all edge gilt. Some wear to the cloth on lower edge of front cover, small spot of wear on rear edge and one upper tip, some dulling/soil to the yellow cloth, Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet bookplate on pastedown. Near fine, crisp copy - internally clean, bright, no foxing. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010454
- Title
- Historical Record of the 14th (King's) Hussars from A.D. 1715 to A.D. 1900
- Author
- Hamilton, Colonel Henry Blackburne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Longmans Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- England & Europe; Military;
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About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bookplate
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