Recollections of a Military Life. [BAYNTUN-RIVIERE FINE BINDING]
ADYE, JOHN, GENERAL SIR
From MFR RARE BOOKS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since 31 July 2024
From MFR RARE BOOKS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 31 July 2024
About this Item
FIRST EDITION; leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (22cm x 14cm x 4cm), pp. x, 382, [6] advertisements. English text with illustrations and maps throughout. Handsomely rebound in half calf gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, cloth sides, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, half-title, 12 full-page illustrations, 9 in the text illustrations, 3 maps/plans. Printed by Spottiswoode & Co. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Mottling to cloth sides, the covers otherwise excellent. The interior very well-preserved. Armorial bookplate to front pastedowns. A beautiful copy. Notes: Adye was in the Royal Artillery, and served in the Crimea, the Mutiny, the North-West Frontier, Bhutan and Egypt, becoming Governor of Gibraltar. See Riddick 268. Seller Inventory # MFR0480
Bibliographic Details
Title: Recollections of a Military Life. [...
Publisher: London: Smith, Elder and Co.
Publication Date: 1895
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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