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War Sketches In Colour. By Captain S. E. St Leger.
by St. LEGER, Stratford (1867 - 1935) .:
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- first
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Sudbury, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Adam & Charles Black, Soho Square, 1903 .. Limited first edition, signed by the Author. "This Edition De Luxe Is Limited To Two Hundred And Fifty Copies, Of Which This Is No. 215." 4to. 11.0" x 9.0" x 1.75". pp.xiii./pp. 274. Soiled cream covers. Edges rubbed and bumped. Limited note and signature to erso of the half-title. Printed note to verso of title: "Published November 1903." All plates present. Each plate accompanied by a guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Half-title, frontis, and first guard sheet, creased and edges carefully strengthened. Otherwise clean text and illustrations throughout. G+. ** "Colonel Stratford Edward St Leger CMG CVO DSO (1867 � 12 October 1935) was an Anglo-Boer War and World War I diarist and artist... His artwork was being published in the London magazine Black and White by the middle of 1900. His only published book came out in London under the title of War Sketches in Colour in November 1903. In addition to being a detailed account of the experiences of the 1st Mounted it contained full-page reproductions of sixty-six of his sketches in water colour and pen and ink, plus ninety-seven line drawings and five section maps. St. Leger mounted an exhibition of his work at a gallery in Bruton Street, Mayfair in May and June 1904 and consisted of fifty water colours with fifteen large and a great many smaller pen and ink drawings..." - See Wikipedia
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- Bookseller
- Chilton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48616
- Title
- War Sketches In Colour. By Captain S. E. St Leger.
- Author
- St. LEGER, Stratford (1867 - 1935) .:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London: Adam & Charles Black, Soho Square, 1903 .
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 50051 Adam & Charles Black War Sketches In Colour. By Captain S. E. St Leger stratford 0
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- MILITARY;
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Chilton Books
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Sudbury, Suffolk
About Chilton Books
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- Soiled
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