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The Great Sieges of History
by The Great Sieges of History William Robson, and Captain Thomas Spankie
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1859 xii, 681 printed pages, plus 2 pages of publisher's adverts at the end. Frontispiece and 7 steel engraved plates. Extremely mild foxing. Hinges cracked but binding holding firm and sound. 13 x 19 cm. Original completely embossed, red decorative cloth. Spine with gilt lettering within elaborate gilt embossed design of siege and military weapons and hand tools- initialed by the designer "J.L." above the publisher's name at the foot. Upper cover with gilt embossed design of Turkish and British footsoldiers holding up a crenellated "Sebastopol" design above title lettering and a pile of fifteen cannon balls, all within a blind stamped scrolling border. The first edition of 1855 had been published two years earlier, before the sieges of Delhi and Lucknow in 1857 and lacked the additional two chapters written by Captain Spankie for this new edition. At the end, the author, retired Captain of the 48th Bengal Native Infantry of the East India Company, pointed out the recent and extensive circulation of maps and plans of the cities of Delhi and Lucknow where the sieges had been concluded less than two years before publication.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4274
- Title
- The Great Sieges of History
- Author
- The Great Sieges of History William Robson, and Captain Thomas Spankie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- SEBASTOPOL,, BACTRA, AI, DELHI, LUCKNOW.
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Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
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About the Seller
Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
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London, London
About Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
My online bookselling is Camden Lock books. I own Camden Lock Books & list books that are uncommon, in demand and may be hard to find.
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I also am joint owner of Burley Fisher Books , an independent bookshop offering new and secondhand books.
My book expertise came with four years as Chairman of London P.B.F.A. , many more years of exhibiting at monthly London Rare Book Fairs & owning my own bookshops continuously since 1984.
Every book here was valued by the person who first bought it and will be just as prized by the person who buys it now from my shopping website.
I am an accredited professional & a full member of the ABA, ILAB and the IOBA, "Setting the standard. The books you want...from booksellers you can trust".
You can meet me on my stand at Firsts 2024, London's Rare Book Fair, at the Saatchi Gallery, London SW3 4RY, 16-19 May 2024.
I also am joint owner of Burley Fisher Books , an independent bookshop offering new and secondhand books.
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- Gilt
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