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Memoirs of William Wallace, Esq late of his Majesty's 15th Hussars, containing an explanation and vindication of his conduct and character with a detailed account of the persecutions he underwent in France, and his unjust imprisonment for almost three years in that country: an expose of the state of the French police and an appendix comprising the correspondence of the author and others with the British Ambassador on the subject of his unlawful confinement and other documents
by Wallace, William
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Published by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationer's Court, Ludgate Street, 1821 Book. Good. Hardcover. viii, 308 pages + frontispiece. Also bound in are variant pages 155/6 and 145/6 which are bound in after page 146. In the original paper covered boards and cloth spine. Printed paper label to the spine. Small label to the head of the spine numbered 178 in ink. Pages spotted throughout, heavier to the first half of the volume. Stain to the head of the first few pages. A few page corners torn off, but not affecting the text. Staining to some pages. Offsetting from the frontispiece to the title page..
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- Bookseller
- Stephen Rench
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011817
- Title
- Memoirs of William Wallace, Esq late of his Majesty's 15th Hussars, containing an explanation and vindication of his conduct and character with a detailed account of the persecutions he underwent in France, and his unjust imprisonment for almost three years in that country: an expose of the state of the French police and an appendix comprising the correspondence of the author and others with the British Ambassador on the subject of his unlawful confinement and other documents
- Author
- Wallace, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Published by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationer's Court, Ludgate Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1821
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Military;
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Stephen Rench
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Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire
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