Adventures of Gerard
de Doyle, A. Conan
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London: George Newnes, Limited, c1903. Undetermined. very good. [x] 374pp. Small Octavo in original gilt lettered and decorated blue cloth with 16 plates (including frontispiece). Some minor rubbing to gilt lettering on front with some loss and minor wear to extremities. very good Collection of short stories by the celebrated author. Conan Doyle published several collections featuring soldiers in an effort to move away from his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes.(Green & Gibson A27a) 1903
Sinopsis
From the book:I hope that some readers may possibly be interested in these little tales of the Napoleonic soldiers to the extent of following them up to the springs from which they flow. The age was rich in military material, some of it the most human and the most picturesque that I have ever read. Setting aside historical works or the biograp-hies of the leaders there is a mass of evidence written by the actual fighting men themselves, which describes their feelings and their experiences, stated always from the point of view of the particular branch of the service to which they belonged. The Cavalry were particularly happy in their writers of memoirs. Thus De Rocca in his "Memoires sur la guerre des Francais en Espagne" has given the narrative of a Hussar, while De Naylies in his "Memoires sur la guerre d'Espagne" gives the same campaigns from the point of view of the Dragoon. Then we have the "Souvenirs Militaires du Colonel de Gonneville," which treats a series of wars, including that of Spain,
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- Librería
- Aquila Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 104918
- Título
- Adventures of Gerard
- Autor
- Doyle, A. Conan
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Undetermined
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- George Newnes, Limited
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- c1903
- Palabras clave
- Classic|Conan Doyle|Sherlock Holmes|Short Stories|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
