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A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons / Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army From the Conquest to the Present Time: A New Edition with Material Additions and Improvements
by Grose, Francis
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Piccadilly: I. Stockdale, 1812 Book. Illus. by Goodnight, Newton (et al). Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original heavy grey paper boards backed (rebacked) in black leather. Original brown leather spine labels. Two-volume set. Patterned endpapers and marbled edges. Waterstaining to covers of both volumes. Volume II hinge cracked at title, with title page nearly separated. Otherwise solidly bound and holding together well. The author served in the Cavalry, Infantry, and Militia. This edition is an improvement over the first ( which was lacking in chronological order ) by being divided and arranged into chapters. 29 illustrations in Volume I. 22 illustrations in Volume II, by a number of engravers. Many cuts are full-page. Petards, infernals, and lead mallets are among the various weapons pictured and described in great detail. No writing seen except pencil note, "Grose's Military Antiquities, Vol. 1, Vol. 2" on prelim. of Volume II. Handsoil to covers and mild tanning to interior, with no effect on legibility. Volume I has 393 pp. Volume II has 367 pp., including several appendices and descriptions of the many supplementary plates, plus an index..
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- Bookseller
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004712
- Title
- A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons / Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army From the Conquest to the Present Time: A New Edition with Material Additions and Improvements
- Author
- Grose, Francis
- Illustrator
- Goodnight, Newton (et al)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- I. Stockdale
- Place of Publication
- Piccadilly
- Date Published
- 1812
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- NOISBN Military. England. Sword. Bow.
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Military;
Terms of Sale
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
About Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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