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With the Guards We Shall go, a Guardsman's Letters in the Crimea, 1854-1855
by Arlie, Mabel (Countess of Airlie)
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1933. First Edition. Octavo. 322pp., based on the letters of Colonel Strange Jocelyn in the crimea. illustrated, bound in black cloth stamped in gilt, spine lettering gilt, a bit of foxing to fore-edges otherwise a very nice copy in clipped printed dust jacket with toning to spine.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014864
- Title
- With the Guards We Shall go, a Guardsman's Letters in the Crimea, 1854-1855
- Author
- Arlie, Mabel (Countess of Airlie)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Crimea Colonel Jocelyn J.j. Wilkinson, Ninth Regiment Godfray Selick
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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