THE MILITARY NECESSITY: An English translation of Servitude et Grandeur Militaires by Humphrey Hare
by de Vigny, Alfred
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dnowidctlparbfs24 de Vigny (Alfred) THE MILITARY NECESSITY: An English translation of Servitude et Grandeur Militaires by Humphrey Hare. Pp. xxx+210(last blank); navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, bottom fore-corner of upper board bruised; top edges navy; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with one small tape repair and a tiny piece chipped from head of backstrip; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Cresset Press, London, 1953. The Cresset Library. *Originally published in 1835. Three fictionalized case histories, written after the Napoleonic campaigns, to illustrate the obligations and sufferings of the professional soldier.
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- Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller (AU)
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- Title
- THE MILITARY NECESSITY: An English translation of Servitude et Grandeur Militaires by Humphrey Hare
- Author
- de Vigny, Alfred
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Cresset Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
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