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Personal Narrative of Three Years' Service in China.

Personal Narrative of Three Years' Service in China.

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Personal Narrative of Three Years' Service in China.

by Fisher, Lt.-Colonel. [Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur A'Court Fisher, C.B., Royal Engineers]; [George Battye Fisher]

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London, Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1863. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. vi, (ii), 420. Plus wood-engraved frontispiece with facing tissue-guard; 2 full page wood-engraved plates; one full-page plan, and 6 wood-engraved vignette illustrations. Plus 3 folding engraved maps, bound at end. HARDCOVER, beautifully bound in recent three-quarter smooth black calf extra, attractive marbled paper over boards, sides decorated with blind rolls, spine in compartments between gilt-ruled raised bands, large gilt fleuron in five of six compartments, red morocco lettering-piece gilt in remainder, all edges polished smooth and dyed red. In exceptionally fine condition. An immaculate copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Authorship attributed by some to Arthur A'Court Fisher; by others to George Battye Fisher. For that matter, see British Union Catalog and OCLC 9004104. A-3

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Title
Personal Narrative of Three Years' Service in China.
Author
Fisher, Lt.-Colonel. [Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur A'Court Fisher, C.B., Royal Engineers]; [George Battye Fisher]
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Hardcover
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Used - .
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Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
London, Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty
Date Published
1863
Keywords
MILITARY HISTORY WAR WARFARE MILITARIA MILITARISM ARMED FORCES ARMY NAVY BATTLES CAMPAIGNS KRIEG KRIEGE KRIEGSZÜGE FELDZÜGE MILITÄR MILITÄRISCHE STRATEGIE GESCHICHTE MILITÄRGESCHICHTE KRIEGSGESCHICHTE ARMEE HEER MILITAIRE GUERRE G
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History & Topography; China: Studies in Culture;

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