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British & Indian Armies in the East Indies 1685-1935
by Harfield, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0902633953
- ISBN 13
- 9780902633957
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Chippenham: Picton Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0902633953 . No signatures. Foxing to lower page edges. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; xv, [1], 411, [1] pages. Green board with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 210 x 147mm. Maps on endpapers. "The Java campaign of 1811 is covered and the involvement of the Honourable East India Company's armies in that short expedition. [. . .] The founding of the settlement on Singapore Island by Sir T. Stamford Raffles in 1819 is covered and details are given of the early garrison, its problems and its defences. [. . .] Other chapters include the story of the garrison on the unfortified island of Labuan and the problems encounotered by this remote garrison, as well as a chapter on the formation of the Sarawak unit of Fortmen which were were formed in 1848 by Rajah James Brooke." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19796
- Title
- British & Indian Armies in the East Indies 1685-1935
- Author
- Harfield, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0902633953
- ISBN 13
- 9780902633957
- Publisher
- Picton Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Chippenham
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 0902633953, History Military
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Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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