The Seven Ages of the British Army
by Carver, Field Marshal Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0297783734
- ISBN 13
- 9780297783732
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984) 0297783734. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated dustwrapper; pp. xii + 332, incl. index; plates; maps. Dustwrapper spine panel sunned; trace of spotting to top edge and endpapers. Very good condition. "The seven ages are those of Cromwell; Marlborough; Wellington; Wolseley and Roberts; Haig; Montgomery; and Templer. By looking at the spectacular careers of these figures Lord Carver emphasizes the successive changes in the army's organization and purpose over the last three hundred years." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9968
- Title
- The Seven Ages of the British Army
- Author
- Carver, Field Marshal Lord
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0297783734
- ISBN 13
- 9780297783732
- Publisher
- (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984) 0297783734
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Military History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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- Gilt
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- Dustwrapper
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