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1899 Being Stories of Land and Sea. 241pages. foxing. Red decorative cloth. some wear. little grubby.
Bearers of the Burden by Major W. P. Drury - 1899
by Major W. P. Drury
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Bearers of the Burden
by Major W. P. Drury
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London - Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd., 1899 Book. Good. Hardcover. A copy of this novel by Major Walter Price Drury. Lieutenant-Colonel William Price Drury CBE (8 November 186121 January 1949) was a Royal Marine Light Infantry officer, novelist, playwright, and Mayor of Saltash from 1929 to 1931. The saying Tell It to the Marines , often incorrectly attributed to King Charles II, actually came from the preface of his collection The Tadpole of an Archangel. Drury also wrote a poem entitled The Dead Marines in tribute to the Royal Marines after the Duke of Clarence supposedly called empty alcohol bottles Dead Marines. Condition: In a decorative red cloth binding. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Thereis some cockling to the cloth on the boards. Spine is cocked. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some browning to the end papers. There is an ink inscription to the recto of front free end papers. Overall: GOOD..
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Rooke Books
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- Book Condition Used - Good
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- Publisher London - Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd.
- Date Published 1899
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Bearers of the Burden
by Drury Major W. P. Royal Marines
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RADLETT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Bearers of the Burden Being Stories of Land and Sea
by Major W.P. Drury
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Palgrave, Ontario, Canada
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New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1899. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Prev owners name inside front cover. Inside spine cracked. Maroon cloth with black.
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BEARERS OF THE BURDEN. Being Stories Of Land and Sea.
by DRURY, Major W. P. Royal Marine Light Infantry (Retired):
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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London: Chapman and Hall. 1899. Third edition. Third edition. Inscribed presentation copy. Original brown cloth illustrated in black with gilt titles to the spine. A very good copy, the binding a little rubbed and bumped, the contents complete with light spotting to the text block edges and prelims. Inscribed by the author to his wife on the front free endpaper "Marguerite Drury / With her husband's love" Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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The Peradventures of Private Pagett; the Tadpole of an Archangel; the Shadow on the Quarter-Deck; the Passing of the Flagship; Bearers of the Burden; Men at Arms. Set of 6 Books Presented By the Author
by Drury, W. P. Major
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1911. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Rackham, Arthur. Set of 6 books from the collection of Captain L. Nicholls Silverlock. The books were presented to him by the author , while Lieut. Colonel, in 1918. The ffep of "The Tadpole of an Archangel" is inscribed and Signed by W. P. Drury, 2 other books have simply the Captain's name and "from the author". This is the New and Cheaper Edition. One book dated 1904, the rerst 1911. "The Peradventurers of Private Pagett" is Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Brown cloth covers with Colour Illustrations Pasted Down on fronts. Black Lettering to fronts & spines. 7 1/4" Tall. Slight edge wear and a little foxing on some pages. Set weighs 2.6 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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