The Unfortunate Colonel Despard and other studies
by Oman, Sir Charles
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Published by Longmans Green & co, New York, 1922, 1st edition. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, no dustwrapper. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, vii, (i), 230pp. A selection of 11 essays brought together for the first time. Apart from the subject of the title there are essays on Arthur Thistlewood and Cato Street, Basil of Cappadocia, The Crusades, Lord Carteret, The Tudors and the currency 1526-60 and The modern historian and his difficulties. Previous owners signature to top of front free endpaper. Free endpapers browned. VG.
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- Title
- The Unfortunate Colonel Despard and other studies
- Author
- Oman, Sir Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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