Historical Record of the Fifty Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) from the Year 1755 to the Year 1858
by Moorsom W S Ed
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Richard Bentley, London, 1860. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Richard Bentley, London, 1860. 1st Edition . Very Good/No Jacket. 10'' tall, library rebound in green cloth with gilt titles on spine & library name on front. Xvi + 437pp with frontispiece & 24 other plates. (3 coloured, 19 maps colour tinted). Ex reference library with bookplate to front pastedown, 2 stamps to front & rear endpapers, library number & stamp to reverse of title page. Minor foxing on plates. This copy is made more interesting by the contemporary dedication to the museum library by Major General Day Hort Macdowall of Garthland dated May 1860. ****** Heavy and may require extra overseas postage*****
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- Title
- Historical Record of the Fifty Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) from the Year 1755 to the Year 1858
- Author
- Moorsom W S Ed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley, London
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY, FIFTY SECOND REGIMENT, , INFANTRY, CANADIAN CLAN, CLAN MACDOWALL, MAJOR GENERAL DAY HORT MACDOWALL OF GARTHLAND
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- Military History;
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