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Memoirs of a Cavalier: A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany and the Wars in England
by Defoe, Daniel
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 1845881923
- ISBN 13
- 9781845881924
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus* Date of Publication: 2006 (1720)* Publisher: Nonesuch Classics* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. Colour illustration to front. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight reading creases to spine and hinge. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. Gift Inscription to front title page, no other visible faults. Very slightly grubby to foreedge. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 253 pp. text.* Product Description:- By the Author of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Dofoe?s story is that of an English Gentleman during one of the most unstable and fascinating periods of English and European history. His adventures take place whilst fighting for the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus in support of the German protestants during the Thirty Years War and upon the King?s death the Cavalier returns to his home land and fights for King Charles I against the parliamentarians during the Civil War. A gripping adventure story set on the battlefields of Germany and England. One of the earliest examples of the ?English novel,?* This is a VERY GOOD copy with minimal shelf & reading wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2121
- Title
- Memoirs of a Cavalier: A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany and the Wars in England
- Author
- Defoe, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1845881923
- ISBN 13
- 9781845881924
- Publisher
- Nonsuch Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Stroud UK 0
- This edition first published
- 12/29/20
- Size
- 16.4 x 12.4 x 2 cm
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