Essays Biographical, Historical, And Miscellaneous Contributed Chiefly To The Edinburgh And Quarterly Reviews - a handsome Eton Leaving set.

Gleig, Rev. G.R.

Published by Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, London, 1858

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Two volumes 8vo. Beautifully bound in full contemporary calf with contrasting morocco labels; spines ornately gilt in compartments; double gilt fillets to boards; edges of boards gilt; marbled edges and endpapers. Volume 1. xi, (4), 467pp. Contents: (1)Doctor Chalmers. (2) Our Defensive Armament (3) Military Bridges (4) The War In The Punjaub (i.e. The Second Anglo-Sikh War 1848-49) (89pp). Volume 2 iv, 531pp. Contents: (1) The Puritans (2) General Miller (South America) (3) India And Its Army (49pp)(4)The Madchenstein (5)Military Education. Gleig's Essays are fairly uncommon in commerce. Provenance: " Norman Macdonald Lockhart with the best wishes of his sincere friend George Dunbar Whatman On his leaving Eton Election 1862. ". Seller Inventory # 27693

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Title: Essays Biographical, Historical, And ...

Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, London

Publication Date: 1858

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition