Forty-One Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief
de Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good Only
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897-1900. Cloth. Good Only. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A complete set of this illustrated account of the author's life in India as part of the East India Company Army. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is the thirty-second edition released in 1900. Volume two is the twelfth edition released in 1897, the same year as the first. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and seventeen plates. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen plates. Collated complete. The life of Field-Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, a British general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India, he joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. With details of his time in India from birth to his transfer to the British Army. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and marks to the boards. Splits in the cloth to the head of the spine of volume one with fading to the cloth and minor fraying. Hinges starting with front hinge to volume one tender. Internally, generally firmly bound with endpapers loosening to volume one. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot or handling mark. A small closed tear to the front endpaper of volume one. Good Only
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- Librería
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 898T38
- Título
- Forty-One Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief
- Autor
- Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar
- Ilustrador
- Not Stated
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good Only
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1897-1900
- Tamaño
- 9" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- Forty-One Years India Commander-in-Chief Roberts India
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....