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History of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, Now the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1800-1895
by GROVES, Lt.-Col. Percy
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
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About This Item
Edinburgh & London: W. and A.K. Johnston, 1895. First edition, limited to 530 copies. Hard cover in publisher's original decorated cloth. Published Edinburgh & London: W. and A.K. Johnston, 1895. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 10", 49pp., illustrated with color plates by Harry Payne. Blind embossed red cloth with beveled boards, black spine titles, gilt cover titles and crest, patterned endpapers. Mild sun fade to the spine, short, hairline pull to the outer coth at rear hinge, previous owner bookplate on pastedown, else fine. clean, crisp, bright. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
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- Title
- History of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, Now the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1800-1895
- Author
- GROVES, Lt.-Col. Percy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- W. and A.K. Johnston
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh & London
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- England & Europe; Military;
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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