A Busy Time in Mexico: An Unconventional Record of Mexican Incident
by Pollard, Hugh B. C
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good + +/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York: Duffield and Company, 1913 Book. Very Good + +. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. vii, 243 pp, tissue protected frontis, list of b&w illustrations, 25 chapters, appendix for 1913, index. First Edition, 1913. Scarce Title. "Major Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard (born London [1888-1966) was an author, firearms expert, and a British SOE officer. He is chiefly known for his intelligence work during the Irish War of Independence, The Spanish Civil War. He was a skilled linguist and an expert in firearms, and had a good deal of personal experience of wars and revolutions, such as those in Mexico and Morocco." Owner's stamped name on ffep. Minor edge wear with with faint discoloring to boards and age-toning to text block edges, else, Pristine Interior. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Tan cloth with three armed figures and gilt lettering on front board, and a single amred figure with gilt lettering to spine..
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- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004424
- Title
- A Busy Time in Mexico: An Unconventional Record of Mexican Incident
- Author
- Pollard, Hugh B. C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good + +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Duffield and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY BRITISH AGENTS POLLARD HUGH B. C. (1888-1966) MI6 MEXICO
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- BIOGRAPHY;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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