The Reason Why
by Woodham-Smith, Cecil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/GD/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1953* Publisher: Constable.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine. Lower corners lightly bumped, no rubs, light shelf wear with few marks and dull spine with wear at head. GD* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Owners name and inscription to ffep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, edges slightly aged & with slight marks. VG.* Illustrations: One colour illustration to frontis & b/w photos, maps and line drawings within text.* Pages: 282 pp. text. x pp. index at rear.* Description: Taken from letters and diaries, archives and dispatches at the War Office this volume covers The Light Cavalry Brigade and the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. The author adopts an original approach to the account of the events which culminated in the charge of the Light Brigade, focusing on the two principal protagonists, Lords Lucan and Cardigan. He traces their early lives and developing rivalries. At the time of writing there was little already in print regarding these two characters and this work is most enlightening.* A NEAR VG copy with inscription and slight age. No dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2703
- Title
- The Reason Why
- Author
- Woodham-Smith, Cecil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/GD/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn. 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1953
- Place of Publication
- UK 293
- Date Published
- 1953-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 20.3 x 14.7 x 3.6 cm
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