Life of sir henry lawrence
by EDWARDES, Sir Herbert Benjamin. MERIVALE, Herman
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1872. [3], vi-xii, 492; [3], vi-xii, 396pp. Without half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplates of Alexander Balfour to FEPs, scattered spotting. A handsome copy of the monumental biography of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence (1806-1857), army officer in the East India Company, veteran of the First Anglo-Afghan War and the First Anglo-Sikh War, killed at the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion. Alexander Balfour (1824-1886), merchant, founder of Liverpool shipping company Balfour Williamson. . Second edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ30634
- Title
- Life of sir henry lawrence
- Author
- EDWARDES, Sir Herbert Benjamin. MERIVALE, Herman
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Second edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Military History
Terms of Sale
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
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Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Marbled boards
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