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MEMOIRS OF PRINCE RUPERT, AND THE CAVALIERS. Including their Private Correspondence, now first published from the original manuscripts
by Warburton, Eliot
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- first
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1849. In three volumes. Pp. [iv]+x+540(last colophon)+vi+492+vi+596, 10 engraved plates (9 portraits and a battle plan, most with tissue guards), full page plan of Marston village, title pages printed in red & black, blue patterned endpapers, appendices, alphabetical list of writers, chronological catalogue of letters, abstract of correspondence, list of editions of principal works, indices; tall demy 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, rebacked with later red leather spines lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards slightly soiled, edges lightly worn; endpapers chipped and/or torn, fore-corner of a few leaves slightly creased, a few small edge chips or splits, some foxing (including plates); Richard Bentley, London, 1849. First edition. *The Ingleton copy, with the bookplate of G. & N. Ingleton on upper pastedowns, and their green stamped Catalogue number on lower free endpapers. With a later [unidentified] bookplate on upper free endpapers above the book label of David Levine, Sydney.
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- Bookseller
- Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 174463
- Title
- MEMOIRS OF PRINCE RUPERT, AND THE CAVALIERS. Including their Private Correspondence, now first published from the original manuscripts
- Author
- Warburton, Eliot
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1849
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
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- Gilt
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- Leaves
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- Rebacked
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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