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Like Hungry Wolves: Culloden Moor, 16 April 1746; (Signed)
by Reid, Stuart; color plates by Gerry Embleton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1859150411
- ISBN 13
- 9781859150412
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Windrow & Greene, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Deluxe hardcover in slipcase. First printing of first edition. Limited (250 copies) numbered edition SIGNED by author and illustrator. Book and slipcase are As New, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. No wear. All edges gilt. Reading ribbon sewn in. An examination of the Scottish battle of Culloden, which lasted only forty minutes. Illustrated with maps, photos and color plates. Folio. 128 pp. including three appendices, bibliography, index, and references. Heavy--may require additional postage if shipped priority or outside the U.S. From the estate of Donald G. Skinner, Canadian military collector extraordinaire.
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- Bookseller
- Warwick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95129
- Title
- Like Hungry Wolves: Culloden Moor, 16 April 1746; (Signed)
- Author
- Reid, Stuart; color plates by Gerry Embleton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1859150411
- ISBN 13
- 9781859150412
- Publisher
- Windrow & Greene
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Military history; Scottish battles; British military history
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